LUCKY residents in the Wrexham area are celebrating a People's Postcode Lottery win today (Friday, July 12).

Players of the Postcode Lottery living in the LL14 1EP area of Ponciau, Wrexham, were announced as one of 20 winners today, netting themselves £5,000. 

The £5,000 prize is given to 20 lucky postcodes one Friday in July and one Friday in August. 

The People's Postcode Lottery manages lotteries for 20 Postcode Trusts and one-third of your ticket is donated to charity.

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Players pay £12 a month to enter the daily draw - with each daily draw shelling out £1,000 to residents on 20 lucky UK streets.

There's also a weekly draw on a Thursday, that awards £10 each to players in 1,000 postcodes.

Since 2005, People's Postcode Lottery players have raised over £950 Million for good causes.