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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. Fifty 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.