The National Lottery is looked upon by some as a wonderful way to fund charities. However some smaller charities are crying foul, claiming they don't get their fair share of the funds. This has led lottery officials to rewrite the rules in the name of fairness to the little guy, in order to allow the smaller charities a bigger share of the massive pots.

The new rules have been modeled after those created by the Premier League Football clubs who use lotteries to  finance the recruitment and coaching of new players who have the potential to make it onto the first team, someday.  This backup system allows the Premier League to have a constant supply of good up and coming players. The same can be said for the lottery when it comes to new, incoming money.

Donating to Charity and Supporting the Team
Charities seeing the potential for easier fund raising with an idea that allows them to offer their supporters something of value, in return for their donations, have jumped on the lottery bandwagon and their supporters seem to be following their lead.

It is estimated that more than 20 million people living in the UK play the National lottery every week, this, by clubbing together and at the same time, donating to the charity of their choice.  It's like killing two birds with one stone, so to speak, say charity lottery proponents.  In essence, the new influx of money never stops because the football teams are always drawing new fans to feed the coffers.

So how does this new plan work? Well, count up the number of members in your club or organization and multiply by 4.  That is how much money your charity would receive on a regular basis. In essence, that puts charity funding on autopilot.