In order to support this valuable work and make even more people happy, the German TV Lottery and "Idee für mich" have founded the "Initiative Glück" on this website. Here we want to present TV lottery projects that help socially disadvantaged people, give many people a new perspective or simply encourage other people. The "Initiative Glück" would also like to help you win some luck - and even do some good by buying a Deutsche Fernsehlotterie ticket.
In the beginning, children were helped
On April 28, 1956, a live draw for the German Television Lottery flickered across domestic screens for the first time. At the time, the First German Television supported the aid campaign "A place in the sun". Children from landlocked Berlin are given the opportunity to take a relaxing vacation in West Germany by selling tickets. The starting signal for a success story. As early as the beginning of the 1960s, the TV lottery expands its commitment and now also supports projects for elderly and sick people.
Winning and doing good
The advertising slogan "With 5 marks you're in" is already on everyone's lips at this time. After all, you can not only do good with a TV lottery ticket, but also win something. In the 1950s, 100 pounds of coffee was still the incentive to play, but 20 years later, cash prizes of up to 250,000 DM were raffled off for the first time. In 2003, the TV lottery introduced the MEGA ticket - the most successful ticket to date. Players now have the chance to win one million euros 70 times a year and, of course, to help people.
Every instant ticket helps people in need
The millions of loyal players give other people a smile with their ticket purchase. In its 60-year history, over 7,500 social initiatives and institutions have been supported with around 1.75 billion euros. The range is wide. The TV lottery finances mother and child facilities as well as dementia residential communities and projects for a social neighborhood. Children and young people from socially disadvantaged families are looked after in the funded initiatives, migrants are given a perspective in their new home and addicts are helped to quit.
More information on the work of the TV lottery can be found at www.fernsehlotterie.de and http://www.du-bist-ein-gewinn.de