A LOTTERY which will support at least 30 Southampton charities, community groups and good causes and has a top prize of £25,000 will launch this weekend.

Tickets are now on sale for SO:Lotto and you can sign up to take part from £1 per week.

The first draw will take place tomorrow (September 25) with various cash prizes for matching numbered balls.

Extra local prizes in the first draw will include a Saints shirt, Mayflower Theatre gift voucher, SS Shieldhall cruise tickets, a voucher for lunch at God's House Tower and a guided walk of the old town with SEE Southampton.

Run by Southampton Voluntary Services (SVS), SO: Lotto will allow registered charities and community groups in the city to register for free and be assigned their own lottery page to generate funds for their cause.

There will also be a SO:Lotto general fund for those Lotto players who do not wish to support a specific charity but would rather support citywide good causes. This fund will be distributed by a SO:Lotto selection panel on a regular basis to good causes across the city.

To sign up, or find out more, visit SOLotto.org.uk or call 023 8152 3252.