Bury street wakes up £1,000 richer after lottery win
Residents of Walker Street in Bury (BL9 9BT) each won £1,000 in the peopleaposs postcode lottery daily draw on Saturday, July 18, 2026. Every ticket holder on the winning street is entitled to the cash prize, alongside 19 other UK postcodes drawn the same day.
Key Takeaways
- Walker Street, Bury (BL9 9BT) won the £1,000 daily prize on Saturday, July 18.
- Every ticket holder in the winning postcode receives £1,000; two tickets means double the payout.
- Nineteen other UK postcodes also won the same daily draw.
- The subscription lottery costs £12.50 a month and supports charities nationwide.
- Nearby wins hit Lostock and Walkden on July 17, and South Yorkshire streets earlier this month.
Which Bury street won the £1,000 prize?
According to The Bury Times, residents of Walker Street scooped the peopleaposs postcode lottery daily prize this Saturday morning.
The street sits under postcode BL9 9BT. Every ticket holder there is entitled to £1,000 as part of the daily prize draw.
The Bury winners sit among 20 daily winning postcodes nationwide. That means 19 other areas shared the same £1,000-per-ticket haul on the same day.
How does the peopleaposs postcode lottery daily prize work?
People's Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery. Your postcode acts as your ticket. For £12.50 a month, players enter every prize draw, with guaranteed winners each day.
Every day, £1,000 prizes go to every ticket in 20 drawn postcodes. If you play with two tickets, you receive double the winning amount.
Bigger draws include the weekly Millionaire Street prize and monthly £250,000 or Postcode Millions prizes. In March, two Railway Street residents in Bury each won £250,000 when their postcode was selected for that larger prize.
Players have raised more than £1.8 billion for good causes, including Maggie's, Alzheimer's Society, Dogs Trust, Mind, NSPCC and local community projects. For more windfalls and money stories, see our Net Worth & Wealth coverage.
Were there other recent £1,000 Postcode Lottery wins nearby?
Yes. On Friday, July 17, players on Stoneyside Grove in Walkden (M28 3PD) and Chorley New Road in Lostock (BL6 4BA) each won £1,000 after their postcodes were named daily prize winners, The Bolton News reported.
Earlier this month in South Yorkshire, Brunt Road in Rawmarsh, Rotherham (S62 5EW) won £1,000 on Sunday, July 12, and High Gate Way in Shafton, Barnsley (S72 8WB) won two days later, according to The Star.
Those local draws show how the daily 20-postcode prize can land across Greater Manchester and Yorkshire within days of each other.
Is your postcode due a peopleaposs postcode lottery payout?
Only subscribed players whose ticket is linked to a drawn postcode win. Walker Street's BL9 9BT holders are the confirmed Bury winners for July 18.
If you play and your street is drawn, every ticket registered there is eligible for the stated prize. Check official People's Postcode Lottery results for the full daily list beyond the local reports cited here.