Frequently asked questions

The Stop The Pain Lottery is DEBRA’s weekly charity lottery. By playing, for just £1 a week, you can support people living with EB and have the chance to win cash prizes up to £25,000. Playing can help fund DEBRA’s work to support people living with EB.

DEBRA is the national charity supporting people living with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) – a rare, genetic and incredibly painful skin condition that causes the skin to blister and tear at the slightest touch. We fund specialist care, practical support and financial assistance to ease daily pain, and we invest in research to find better treatments and, one day, cures.

DEBRA make 60p in every £1 entry. The remaining 40p is retained to help administer the lottery and fund the prizes.

The Unity Lottery is a lottery platform which charities of all shapes and sizes can use to run their own fundraising lotteries. The Unity Lottery platform is administered by Sterling Management Centre Limited, a licensed External Lottery Manager (ELM) by the Gambling Commission.

The Unity platform enables charities and good causes to run their own weekly lottery costing £1 per entry, per week, to support their fundraising. The draw is run every Friday and each entry has the chance to win one of four amazing prizes, including the top prize of £25,000!

For every £1 played, at least 50p goes directly to the respective cause as profit. The other 50p is split between the prize pot and administration costs.

When players win a prize, this is covered by the Unity prize pot. This means that charities using Unity for their fundraising lotteries can offer a £25,000 jackpot and smaller prizes to their players.

Each £1 entry has a 1 in 63 chance of winning one of four fantastic prizes. Every entry in Unity has an equal chance of winning, no matter which charity is being supported or how many players that good cause has in their lottery.

Yes, every entry has an equal chance of winning, and the winning numbers are drawn at random.

For every £1 entry, players receive a unique 6-digit lottery number.

Every Friday, a winning number is drawn at random. Players must match the digits to win up to £25,000!

The lottery is a number match game. We generate a random 6-digit winning number sequence. If the player’s digits are in same positions as the digits in the winning number sequence, they win a prize!

For example, if the winning number sequence was 123456, the lottery number 163057 would be a 3-digit winning match; because 3 digits are positioned in the same place in the sequence.

3 digit match = 5 entries into the next draw*

4 digit match = £25

5 digit match = £1,000

6 digit match = £25,000

*If players would prefer to receive a £5 cash prize instead of 5 prize entries, they can opt for this by contacting the Unity helpline (0370 050 9240) or email address (info@unitylottery.co.uk).

As all lottery administration is handled by Sterling Management Centre Limited, who provide the Unity Lottery platform, all lottery communications come from Unity.

You can view our lottery rules here. The purpose of these rules is to ensure that you are informed about the terms of playing your causes' lottery and to promote responsible gambling.

Yes. Charities and good causes operate their lotteries compliantly under licence from their local authority or the Gambling Commission, and all administration is handled by Sterling Management Centre Limited, a certified External Lottery Manager (ELM) with the Gambling Commission.

You can contact one of our friendly members of staff at the Unity Lottery helpline on 0370 050 9240 to discuss the lottery or your membership. (Lines are open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday) calls are charged at your local rate.

Alternatively, you can contact Unity through our contact form.