John Motson OBE, the BBC’s voice of football, was guest of honour at The Hospice Lottery’s annual Superdraw which took place on Wednesday 10th September at Grove House in St Albans. 
Even with John Motson’s extensive career in the world of football the actual winners couldn’t be predicted but a draw was guaranteed.

Mr Motson got the ball rolling and took great delight in drawing the £5,000 winning ticket belonging to Mr Cook from Aylesbury.  Mr Cook, a long standing supporter of Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity in Aylesbury, a hospice in the partnership, couldn’t believe it when he received a phone call from John Motson to tell him that he had won the top prize.  He was absolutely delighted to be supporting the wonderful work of his local hospice and is now looking forward to sharing his winnings with his family.

A total of £8,000 was given away in prize money with further winners being drawn by the Mayor of St Albans, Bert Pawle.

The Hospice Lottery is committed to providing a secure and predictable income to each of their 7 hospice partners including Michael Sobell House. The 2008 Superdraw has raised a grand total of £84,000.  This is a fantastic amount which will provide an important financial contribution towards rising hospice running costs.

Over the ten years The Hospice Lottery Partnership has been trading over £2.6 million has been distributed back to the partner hospices.
Although most of the income raised comes from the weekly draw, the annual Superdraw has become an increasingly powerful way of raising additional income.

Weekly Draw - £1000 must be won every Friday!
There are currently 16,000 members in The Hospice Lottery’s weekly draw with a great chance of winning one of 101 cash prizes ranging from £10 to £1,000 every week.  It only costs £1 a week or £4.34 per month by standing order.  If you can help your local hospice please call the lottery office on 01442 891459 to find out how to join, or print out and complete an application form from this website.  Single ticket entries are also available from the hospice shops.