These Rules ("Rules") refer to the "Donr Lottery" ("the Lottery") and are subject to change from time to time.
These Rules, together with any specific terms or conditions as relevant to the Lottery (whether displayed in promotional materials or otherwise) apply to all participants in the Lottery. By entering the Lottery, you ("Entrant") agree to be bound by these Rules, the privacy policy and, where applicable, the social responsibility guidelines, each of which can be found at legal.donr.com.
Each Entrant should retain a copy of these Rules for their reference. If an Entrant does not agree to comply with these rules, policies, or procedures then they should not enter the Lottery.
By entering the Lottery, you are also agreeing to your mobile operator Charge to Mobile terms of payment, which can be found on legal.donr.com.
1.1 The Lottery is managed by ImpulsePay Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 04395570. Our registered address is The Stables, St Georges Terrace, Newcastle, NE2 2HB.
1.2 ImpulsePay Ltd is registered as an External Lottery Manager ("ELM") with the Gambling Commission under Remote Operating Licence Number 058029-R-333796-001. The designated responsible persons are Christopher Newell and Paul Paterson.
1.3 A designated beneficiary society or charity ("Society") of this Lottery shall receive proceeds amounting to a minimum of 51% of the payment for entry tickets ("Ticket"), as paid for by the Entrant. The beneficiary Society shall be identified to the Entrant during entry into the Lottery.
1.4 The ELM reserves the right to suspend, cancel or amend the Lottery or these Rules at any time, without prior notice by posting an updated set of Rules to legal.donr.com, which will take effect 28 days after being published.
1.5 The Lottery is a weekly society lottery in which prizes can be won by Entrants who have purchased Tickets. The determination of prizes ("Prize") is described in clause 5.
2.1 All Entrants must register to purchase Ticket(s) in the Lottery, through lottery.donr.com ("the Website"). Entrants must be resident in the United Kingdom to participate in the Lottery.
2.2 To participate in the Lottery, Entrants must be aged 18 (eighteen) or over. Any Entrant found to be under 18 years of age at the time of participation in the Lottery automatically forfeits the right to any Prize and will have the associated entry fee refunded.
2.3 The ELM may conduct random checks of entrants to ensure there are no underage entrants. Age verification and identity checks, including through a credit agency, may be carried out to verify the age of Entrants at registration; in the event of a winning Ticket or from time to time as the ELM, at its sole discretion, deems necessary.
2.4 Directors or employees of the ELM, or any members of the Society who are directly responsible for managing the Lottery, are ineligible to participate in the Lottery.
2.5 The eligibility of any Entrant is at the sole discretion of the ELM, which reserves the right to disqualify or decline to accept participation by any Entrant if it has reasonable grounds to believe the Entrant has breached any of these Rules or otherwise acted fraudulently. Ineligible Entrants will not be entitled to receive a Prize, and any Prize awarded to an ineligible Entrant may be revoked (if not previously paid) or reclaimed from the Entrant (if already received).
3.1 The Lottery draw ("Draw") is based upon the results of the first six digits of the Germany Spiel 77 lottery which is drawn every Saturday and the results are published on various websites, including http://www.lotterypost.com/game/326.
3.2 The winning number ("Winning Number") shall be the first six digits (in the same order) of that week’s Draw.
3.3 In order to comply with the 2005 Gambling Act, only entries for which payment has been made are eligible for entry into the Draw.
3.4 If the German Spiel 77 lottery as described in clause 3.1 does not occur or is declared void on a single occasion then the Winning Number shall be determined in the same way but from an alternative lottery game. Details of such an occurrence will be published on legal.donr.com.
3.5 If the Draw process in clause 3.1 ceases to occur or is subject to fundamental change which prevent a Winning Number from being selected then the ELM may select an alternative Draw process. Such an alternative would apply the same principles of the Draw, as described in clause 3.1 and winners would be selected as per clause 5. Such changes will be published at legal.donr.com.
3.6 The ELM and the Society are not related to the Germany Spiel 77 lottery, or any other organisation involved in the operation of the Spiel 77 lottery.
3.7 The approximate winning probability is:
- for a Six Number Match, 1 in 1,000,000
- for a Five Number Match, 1 in 18,518
- for a Four Number Match, 1 in 823
- for a Three Number Match, 1 in 69
4.1 The Lottery is a weekly Draw.
4.2 A six-digit number will be issued to the Entrant when they purchase a Ticket. This Ticket may only have one six-digit number associated with it, which is unique to the individual Ticket and cannot be changed.
4.3 The price of a Ticket is £2 and purchases are only possible through the Website. Each completed Ticket purchase will be recorded electronically by the ELM and issued to the Entrant electronically via SMS, prior to the Draw and in accordance with clause 4.10.
4.4 An Entrant may purchase a maximum of 5 Tickets for a Draw.
4.5 Ticket(s) can be purchased using carrier billing, which charges the cost to the Entrants mobile phone account.
4.6 All Ticket sales are final and subject to clause 3.3. Refunds will only be processed at the request of the Society. No refunds will be made for Draws that have been completed.
4.7 Only Ticket(s) for which payment has been made are eligible for entry.
4.8 Payments for the Ticket(s) will be debited on the day the Ticket is registered on the Website. For subsequent Draws, payment is debited on the same day each week, unless cancelled by the Entrant in accordance with clause 7.3.
4.9 Tickets purchased before 23:59:59 on the Friday of each week shall be included in the Draw held on the following Saturday. The ELM shall have sole discretion to determine whether the purchase of a Ticket has occurred in accordance with these Rules and has met the timeframe specified for participation in the Draw.
4.10 The ELM and its partners cannot be held responsible, and will not accept liability, for incomplete purchases (caused by corruption of data or otherwise) and these shall not be eligible for participation in the Draw.
4.11 Entrants acknowledge that purchase of a Ticket to participate in the Lottery does not guarantee that they will win any Prize.
4.12 Information (including personal information) recorded for the purposes of operating the Lottery will, unless specifically stated otherwise, be used by the ELM in accordance with the privacy policy. By entering the Lottery, Entrant’s consent to the use of their name in connection with clause 5.5.
5.1. Prize winners will be determined by whether an Entrant’s six-digit Ticket number matches all or some of the Winning Numbers described in clause 3.1 and clause 3.2.
Six number match
If all six numbers of a Ticket match the Winning Number in the same position, then this is a "6 Number Match". For example, if a Ticket is 123456 and the Winning Number is 123456 then this is a 6 Number Match.
Five number match
If five numbers of a Ticket match the Winning Number in the same position, then this is a "5 Number Match". For example, if a Ticket is 120456 and the Winning Number is 123456 then this is a 5 Number Match as 5 numbers match the winning number in the same sequence.
Four number match
If four numbers of a Ticket match the Winning Number in the same position, then this is a "4 Number Match". For example, if a Ticket is 120406 and the Winning Number is 123456 then this is a 4 Number Match as 4 numbers match the winning number in the same sequence.
Three number match
If three numbers of a Ticket match the Winning Number in the same position, then this is a "3 Number Match". For example, if a Ticket is 100406 and the Winning Number is 123456 then this is a 3 Number Match as 3 numbers match the winning number in the same sequence.
5.2. For a 6 Number Match, the Prize is £10,000; for a 5 Number match the prize is £1,000; for a 4 Number match the prize is £10 and for a 3 Number match the prize is 5 entries into the next Draw.
5.3. Each Ticket shall only be entitled to win one Prize in one Draw and the highest possible match will take precedence.
5.4. The results of each Draw will be published on legal.donr.com.
5.5. The names of prize winners may be announced on the legal.donr.com or the Website.
5.6. Prize winners will be notified by text or phone (using the details held by the ELM) within 28 days of the relevant draw date.
5.7. The ELM reserves the right to amend the prizes at any time. Any such changes will be published on legal.donr.com, at least one month prior to a change being made.
5.8. Winners of a Prize will receive their Prize through one of the following means, at the discretion of the ELM:
(a) BACS
(b) Post Office payout
(c) by credit transfer to the mobile phone used to enter the Draw
(d) by any other payment means that may become available to the participating Society
5.9. We will make all reasonable efforts to identify and contact winners, however, if a Prize winner fails (for whatever reason) to claim their Prize within 30 days of receipt of the ELM’s notification, the Prize will be forfeited.
5.10 The winner may need to provide proof of age before collecting the Prize. Acceptable documentation of the winner’s proof of age will be a scan of their passport or driving licence, along with confirmation they match the document identity via a video call or similar process.
5.11 Any cash Prize will usually be paid within 90 days of the Draw and the Entrant accepts that time is not of the essence and that no payment will be made before our checks are complete.
5.12 From time to time, additional Prizes may be offered by the Society for Entrants into a Draw(s). These Prizes do not form part of the Prizes listed in clause 5.2 and are entirely offered by the Society on a goodwill basis. No combination of Prize(s) will exceed £25,000.
6.1 Should an entrant feel that they have issues with gambling and wish to be self-excluded from our Lottery please phone our helpline on 03334444111 or email help@donr.com.
6.2 There is a minimum self-exclusion period of 6 months and this will remain enforced until we are satisfied that any risk or harm associated with gambling or otherwise has been overcome by the Entrant.
6.3 During self-exclusion, all accounts associated with the Entrant will be closed and any funds held will be returned to the Entrant. We will also seek to block any targeted marketing as soon as is practically possible.
6.4 If you need to talk to someone about problem gambling then please contact Be Gamble Aware on 0808 020 133 (Freephone).
7.1 Responsible Play. Entrants are encouraged to participate in the Lottery sensibly. Please read the Social Responsibility Guidelines, which can be found on legal.donr.com. Our social responsibility policies cover our commitment to a fair process and contain the procedures relating to queries and complaints.
7.2 Liability. The ELM or Society cannot accept any liability (other than for death or personal injury or other liabilities that cannot, as a matter of law, be excluded) for any damage, loss, costs, expenses or disappointment, whether direct or indirect, caused to or suffered by Entrants in connection with this Lottery or as a result of Entrants’ accepting or making use of any Prize. All Entrants are solely responsible for providing and (where necessary) updating the ELM with their accurate and up-to-date contact details and the ELM will be in no way liable for any failure or inability to contact any Entrant due to any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in the contact details that the Entrant has provided.
7.3 Cancellations. To cancel an entry, text STOP to 88000 from the mobile number the Entrant entered the Lottery with. Texts are charged at your standard network rate.
7.5 Disputes. In the event of any dispute regarding the Lottery, if the dispute cannot be resolved by the parties within 90 days, it will be referred to the Independent Betting Adjudication Service Limited, an independent third party.
7.6 Law. These Rules and any non-contractual obligations connected to them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and failing satisfactory resolution of any dispute in accordance with clause 7.5, the UK courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise under or in connection with them.
7.7 Severance. If any provision of these Rules is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of those terms, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Date: 01/11/2021 – Version 1
Date: 16/03/2022 – Clauses 3.3, 3.7, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.11 and 5.12 edited