Nationale Postcode Loterij
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Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Website | https://www.postcodeloterij.nl |
The Nationale Postcode Loterij (National Postcode Lottery) is the biggest charity lottery in the Netherlands.[citation needed] It was founded in 1989 by Novamedia, a marketing agency that sets up and runs charity lotteries.[1] Fifty percent of the proceeds of this lottery are donated amongst 81 charities, which, in 2010 amounted to over 270 million euros.[2]
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.[3] Until 2012 it was not even allowed to use the postal code for commercial purposes. In that year these rules were just abolished by the government.[4][5][6][7]
Ambassadors[]
Several notable individuals endorse the lottery, and have been appointed ambassadors, including:[8]
- Rafael Nadal, tennis player
- Nelson Mandela
- Bill Clinton, whose Clinton Foundation is a recipient of proceeds from Nationale Postcode Loterij[9]
- Johan Cruyff
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:[10] [11]
- Amnesty International
- ARK
- Bellingcat
- BRAC
- Carbon War Room
- Clinton Foundation
- Dance4Life
- DARA (international organization)
- Dierenbescherming
- Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance
- European Partnership for Democracy
- Fundación Rafa Nadal
- The Global Fund
- Greenpeace
- Hivos
- Humanitas
- Human Rights Watch
- Mama Cash
- Milieudefensie
- Natuurmonumenten
- Oxfam Novib
- Peace Parks Foundation
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- Solidaridad
- Stichting DOEN
- Stichting Max Havelaar
- Terre des hommes
- The Climate Group
- UNHCR
- UNICEF
- University for Peace
- War Child
- World Food Programme
See also[]
- Miljoenenjacht - Game show from the Nationale Postcode Loterij that eventually was spun off into the global Deal or No Deal television franchise
References[]
- ^ "Novamedia - Factsheet". Novamedia.nl. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ^ "Goede doelen steunen door mee te spelen in de Nationale Postcode Loterij". Postcodeloterij.nl. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ^ Zeelenberg, Marcel; Pieters, Rik (2004). "Consequences of regret aversion in real life: The case of the Dutch postcode lottery". Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 93 (2): 155–68. doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2003.10.001.
- ^ "Hergebruik van overheidsinformatie: postcodes". Boek9.nl. 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ^ "PostNL en Cendris/Staat" (PDF). Ivir.nl. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ^ "ECLI:NL:RBSGR:2011:BU9147 Volledige tekst uitspraak". Recht.nl. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ^ Marcel Zeelenberg. "Consequences of Regret Aversion in Lottery Play" (PDF). Ceel.economia.unitn.it. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ^ "Einde persbericht". Allepersberichten.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-09-06. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ^ "Why Susan Rice Should not be US ambassador to UN". Sahara Reporters. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ^ "404 | ACLEU – Association of Charity Lotteries in Europe". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- ^ . 13 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090413162618/http://www.novamedia.nl/web/file?uuid=1d157485-3dc1-401c-9f1f-3fe4f3f6d175&owner=874e75aa-37a6-4719-8e45-622956ce0e9b. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Missing or empty
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External links[]
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