Jools Tinsley, a 62-year-old retiree from Caister near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, won £885.71 on the free online lottery, Pick My Postcode!

Jools, who has lived in Norfolk for the majority of her life, is retired from local government and now runs an Etsy shop, creating handmade crafts. Jools first joined Pick My Postcode in 2015, and finally after years of checking daily and building her bonus through surveys, her postcode was picked on the Main draw, winning her an amazing £885.71, completely for free.
When asked how it felt to win, Jools said: “It’s awesome. It will allow us to treat our close family.” Jools said the win was a particularly welcome surprise after what had been a difficult day. She planned to go to bed early after she’d had treatment that day on a retinal tear, she decided to check her emails, and after seeing her daily email reminder was shocked to log in and see that she had in fact won the main draw. When asked how she planned to spend the winnings, Jools said: “We’d already decided to go camping together so as well as covering the pitch costs we’ll look after the cost for everything.”
The site offers multiple opportunities for your postcode to be picked every single day. Pick My Postcode has 6,369 active members in Norfolk and since 2011, the residents have won a total of £63,308.07. Jool’s win proves that checking Pick My Postcode takes only seconds but could make a huge difference. Join thousands of members who check daily and start growing your own bonus today!
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samandi
4 hours ago
Re the comment from Schroedinger's Hamster 2 days ago about apostrophes I have just seen that The Apostrophe Protection Society has a website. It was formed in 2001 and apparently has members worldwide.
Schroedinger′s Hamster
2 hours ago
With thanks to Help Me I switched to something apostrophe-like that, so far at least, doesn't seem to be causing the same problems.
Glad I didn't have to get rid as feared
Kelzbelz
5 hours ago
I have doing this every day for over a year got 100% visits on my account and not once have I won anything 🙃 plz at least 1 time let my postcode be a winner!!!!!
4 hours ago
Kelzbelz , you may not have read comments on the forums before or are unsure what random lotteries/raffles are about?
Many members have been checking every draw for fifteen years without a win. Others have won several times.
Some members win in their first week, others never.
Nobody knows when or if they’ll win as it’s random and down to luck.
The only thing any of can do is to check all 9 daily draws and build our bonuses ready for a win. 😊
Malc_H
4 hours ago
Kelz - One year means you are still a novice. Just be patient and hope to win rather than expecting to. Just make sure you know what time the different draws are and that you check them all.
Buttercup2
4 hours ago
Pfffft, a year! Just a beginner 🤣
Glitter
5 hours ago
Well that’s outrageous Kelzbelz
Em
9 hours ago
Question of the day: If you are a gardener, is there anything which you've successfully grown once and never succeeded with again?
If you have any questions that you would like us to ask, please feel free to email us at admin@pickmypostcode.com
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
12 minutes ago
My cherry tree died after 3 years, my peach tree sprouted & dropped 3 sets of leaves in one year, left them both but nothing in the last 2 years. The wee trees I don't want grow fine on my balcony without me planting them, .
Bruce8
4 hours ago
Well if you'd asked this a year ago I've have said globe artichokes. Grew them successfully on the allotment, however when I gave that up I've been trying to grow them for 20 odd years without success until this year.
For the no success after one success, I'd have to put in aubergine & white cauliflower. I've given up on both after years of failure. I'm having limited success with a green cauliflower.
SuedeNym
4 hours ago
I seem to have trouble with supposed perennials, they do great the first year but then die off on me and don't come back which is very disappointing.
A Nick Name
5 hours ago
When working away from home, before leaving I planted courgettes in a small greenhouse I had. Sometimes on my days off I'd return home and came back one day to find I couldn't get in the greenhouse as it was filled wall to wall and floor to ceiling with courgettes. I haven't tried much since but what little I tried hasn't come to much.
Bob up and Down🟦
13 hours ago
Curious thing just happened. I replied to @little owl about deer eating ferns, ( ours don’t). Then went to check bonus draw and it said I wasn’t signed in. When I did sign in, I came back here and my comment was gone. So my phone signed me out sometime after 0900 and just now. When I clicked on the bookmark, it never asked me to sign in and just showed me the stackpot, and let me comment. A new experience for me
Edit: Desktop PC logged out now !
Bob up and Down🟦
4 hours ago
It’s all working now. Unlikely to be a browser update on safari on my phone and Chrome on my PC at the same time. Not done a cookie clean for months. It’s so long since I had to login on my phone, I can’t remember doing it.
Schroedinger′s Hamster
4 hours ago
@A N N - that sounds like a cookie cleaner on tab / page / browser close. I logged in on a tablet to check if 2 devices were a problem, and force-reloaded the page a couple of times on both. Just refreshed the tablet again while I type this on my laptop ...
EDIT - also closed the page on my laptop and reloaded from a simple link shortcut (one without the log-in token found in reminder emails) and that worked fine. As said earlier, my cookie cleaner has been told not to touch PMP cookies though.
PacMan
4 hours ago
Mine logs out of the mobile, but not on PC.
A Nick Name
5 hours ago
I'm not clear if you used the same machine but I had a suspicion I was getting signed out recently so I've just gone onto my 2nd phone and signed in, checked a few comments then returned to the phone id been using and it had signed me out, so it does seem as though you can only use it on one thing at a time, which I feel sure didn't used to be the case. I don't mind as I'm trying to get everything moved over to the new one. I had thought downloading all my banking apps on a new phone and signing in was enough but one seems okay, others you have to sign in, others a new registration, and at least one you have to remove from the old phone before you can download on the new phone.
DaSoothMoother
6 hours ago
Never been logged out, but have had all cookies deleted by a browser update
🧙♂️🧑🦯🤣
Schroedinger′s Hamster
9 hours ago
Changed cookie cleaner or had a browser update ??
I just had the Permissions pop-up, but still logged in. My cookie cleaner has been told to leave PMP alone, can't recall the last time I had to log in.
Em
9 hours ago
How strange, I've never heard of this happening before.
Pete Sapwell
a day ago
Right, I know one needn’t announce one’s leaving, it I thought it polite to say Cheerio, after seven years I am utterly bored with this. Have wonderful lives you all TTFN
A Nick Name
5 hours ago
Obviously someone's waiting for the party but it's too late now as I've cancelled everything as I thought he was going.
DaSoothMoother
6 hours ago
24 hours later and still here!
🧙♂️🧑🦯🤣
Bob up and Down🟦
9 hours ago
@Humbug - you see, I do read replies
Beth8it!
10 hours ago
Pete S - thanks for dropping by to say goodbye. I hope you find something more enjoyable for you - you know where we are if you want to come back.
Derek. IDC.
12 hours ago
@BUAD, Nicely put 👏
@Buttercup2, The op may have changed his profile name at times.
Humbug
13 hours ago
bob up & down, praise where praise is due, very thoughtful comment.
Jonathonstrand
14 hours ago
Au revoir, you can always rejoin if you miss checking for your postcode. Enjoy your new life. bestest of wishes to you. 👋🙂
Buttercup2
16 hours ago
Agree, but I must say that's the first time I've seen his "name" in the comments before, so maybe he didn't interact...
Marie
16 hours ago
Pete, sorry that you find the chance to win something for free boring. Please remember that this free prize draw giveaway is like a lottery, you're best to hope you'll win, not expect to! Any active account could win at any time. It only takes a few minutes a day to check the results, but we understand that it's not for everyone. This FAQ explains how to delete your account, if that is what you want: https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/26-i-dont-want-to-be-a-member-anymore
Yattonian🎶
17 hours ago
I agree, BuaD.
Bob up and Down🟦
17 hours ago
Be kind folks. No criticism from @Pete, just can't be bothered. Surely that's fair enough. Parting shots unnecessary
a day ago
“Utterly bored” 🤣🤣
Clearly not doing enough surveys or reading the jokes.
Enjoy your voluntary early retirement . 😊
Pettal
a day ago
Your still here, or do you mean your not going to check daily anymore, watch your postcode come up now 🤣
Susiewoo2
a day ago
Have you joined the comments before or is this your first post?
Tiseye
a day ago
Well all I can say is " good bye" I will have more time to read interesting comments !!
trufflestu
a day ago
Now Now. @ A Nick Name 🤣
They have only spent a couple of minutes a day checking for a postcode, it can be very taxing for some in a free draw.
Hopefully this can be a good change in their lives for them to reflect on what else they are wasting their time on and then hopefully they will have more free time to do those things they want in life
Barrie
a day ago
TTFN infers that you'll be back
A Nick Name
a day ago
Well, that's money wasted on the surprise party I was about to throw for you. I wish you'd said sooner. I'll have to cancel everything now.