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Nationale Postcode Loterij

Lottery in the Netherlands

Field	Value
agency_name	Nationale Postcode Loterij
logo_width	250px
headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
website	https://www.postcodeloterij.nl

Logo postcode loterij.png The Nationale Postcode Loterij (National Postcode Lottery) is the biggest charity lottery in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1989 by Novamedia, a marketing agency that sets up and runs charity lotteries. As required by the Dutch government, forty percent of the proceeds of this lottery are donated amongst 81 charities, which, in 2010 amounted to over 270 million euros.

Prize winners are the lot owners whose postal code, a code that forms part of the winners' residential address, has been drawn. Hence even if not participating one may still find out that one would have won had one played. Anticipations of post-decisional regret influence decisions to play the Postcode lottery. Until 2012 it was prohibited to use the postal code for commercial purposes, and in that year, the government allowed the postal code to be used commercially.

Novamedia has expanded the Postcode Lottery format in several European countries:

2015: Svenska Postkodlotteriet in Sweden, People’s Postcode Lottery in Great Britain.
2016: Deutsche Postcode Lotterie in Germany.
2018: Norsk Postkodelotteri in Norway.

Ambassadors

Several notable individuals endorse the lottery, and have been appointed ambassadors, including:

Ambassadors

Gaston Starreveld
Humberto Tan
Winston Gerschtanowitz
Caroline Tensen
Quinty Trustfull
Nicolette van Dam
Martijn Krabbé
Esther Vergeer
Richard Krajicek International ambassadors
Rafael Nadal, tennis player
Bill Clinton, whose Clinton Foundation is a recipient of proceeds from Nationale Postcode Loterij
George Clooney
Nadia Murad
Roger Federer
Katarina Witt
Muhammad Yunus
Emma Thompson
Sarah Brown
Nice Nailantei Leng'ete
Denis Mukwege Deceased ambassadors
Nelson Mandela (the first international ambassador of Nationale Postcode Loterij)
Johan Cruyff
Desmond Tutu

Proceeds donated to charities

Figures are in millions of euros:

2000 - 159.0
2001 - 177.1
2002 - 203.3
2003 - 217.4
2004 - 225.2
2005 - 212.5
2006 - 216.7
2007 - 226.0
2008 - 244.4
2009 - 256.5
2011 - 270.5

Charities

Charities receiving proceeds include:

Amnesty International
AMREF Flying Doctors
ARK
Artsen Zonder Grenzen
Bellingcat
BiD Network
BRAC
Carbon War Room
Clinton Foundation
Cordaid Memisa
Cordaid Mensen in Nood
Dance4Life
DARA (international organization)
De12Landschappen
Defence for Children-ECPAT
De Provinciale Milieufederaties
De Vrolijkheid
Dierenbescherming
Dokters van de Wereld
Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance
European Partnership for Democracy
Fairfood International
Fair Trade Original
Free Voice
Fundación Rafa Nadal
The Global Fund
Goois Natuurreservaat
Greenpeace
Hivos
Humanitas
Human Rights Watch
ICCO
IMC Weekendschool
IUCN Nederlands Comité
IVN natuur- en milieueducatie
Landelijke Vereniging van Wereldwinkels
Landschapsbeheer Nederland
Leprastichting
Liliane Fonds
Mama Cash
Milieudefensie
MYBODY
Natuurmonumenten
Nederlandse Rode Kruis
Nelson Mandela Kinderfonds
Oranje Fonds
Oxfam Novib
Peace Parks Foundation
Plan Nederland
Postcode Lottery Green Challenge
Prins Claus Fonds
Resto VanHarte
Rocky Mountain Institute
Save the Children Nederland
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Simavi
Skanfonds
Solidaridad
SOS Kinder-dorpen
Stichting AAP
Stichting Buurtlink
Stichting DOEN
Stichting Max Havelaar
Stichting Natuur en Milieu
Stichting Vluchteling
Stichting voor Vluchteling-Studenten UAF
STOP AIDS NOW!
Terre des hommes
The Climate Group
UNHCR
UNICEF
University for Peace
Vereniging Nederlands ultuurlandschap
VluchtelingenWerk Nederland
Vogelbescherming Nederland
Waddenvereniging
War Child
Wereld Natuur Fonds
World Food Programme

References

"Novamedia - Factsheet".
"Goede doelen steunen door mee te spelen in de Nationale Postcode Loterij.".
(2004). "Consequences of regret aversion in real life: The case of the Dutch postcode lottery". Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
(2011-12-21). "Hergebruik van overheidsinformatie: postcodes".
"PostNL en Cendris/Staat".
Rechtbank 's-Gravenhage, 21 December 2011, {{ECLI. ECLI:NL:RBSGR:2011:BU9147 ({{language. nl)
Marcel Zeelenberg. "Consequences of Regret Aversion in Lottery Play".
"Our History".
"Einde persbericht".
"Onze Ambassadeurs".
(22 January 2009). "Why Susan Rice Should not be US ambassador to UN". Sahara Reporters.
"404 | ACLEU – Association of Charity Lotteries in Europe".
(13 April 2009). "Beneficiaries of the Nationale Postcode Loterij 2009".

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