Rehab Lotteries, which raises money for Irish disability charity Rehab, has paid out over ‚€2 million in prize money on its online bingo site since it was officially launched last November.
Shares in Chariot (UK), the operator of the new online lottery playmonday.com, dropped by 65% yesterday, according to The Guardian, following disappointing ticket sales.
Although the lottery has raised £520,000 for 20 charities in its first four draws, only 1.68 million tickets have been sold to just over 200,000 players in that period.
Help the Hospices have launched a World Cup sweepstake website to raise funds for hospices throughout the UK. The initiative is being promoted by The Sun Online as the publication's official sweepstake for the competition.
Last night's draw of the new monday lottery has raised £142,000 for the five beneficiary charities. In addition over 10,700 winners sharing over £247,000 in prize money in the two draws.
Britain's new online lottery, monday, held its first draw last night. Despite some website problems, it raised £150,000 for the first five of 70 charities to benefit.
Chariot, the lottery's operator, said that monday had attracted over 180,000 registered players who had deposited £1.5m, of which a third was played on the first draw.
Chariot (UK) plc has announced details of its new online lottery. Tickets for "monday - the Charities Lottery" will cost £1 each and charities will receive 30p of this, "five times more than they receive from The National Lottery".
A new single front door into Lottery funding opens today with the launch of the website lotteryfunding.org.uk. People across the UK will be able to access information on all current opportunities for funding through the Lottery good cause virtual doorway.
Butlins has launched butlinsbingo.com as the first of a number of initiatives in 2006 to raise awareness among the public of the work of the men's cancer campaign Everyman.
Totesport customers having a bet on the John Smiths Grand National will be able to donate money to the races official charity, the Alder Hey's Hospital's Imagine Appeal, following a betting link up initiative.
A facility will be made available in all 540 totesport shops and the internet on the day of the big race whilst telephone customers will be able to support the campaign too.
Chariot (UK) plc, the company behind a new online charities lottery, will today be meeting with its charity partners to discuss the lottery's forthcoming launch and supporting marketing strategy.
