Best Competition Websites in the UK (2026)

How we chose the sites on this list

The UK has hundreds of competition websites, and the good ones deserve credit for building a market where people win cars, houses, holidays and cash every week. This round-up compares eight well-known UK sites against the same checklist: ticket information, draw method, free entry routes, winner records and clear rules. One disclosure up front: this guide is published by Odds Up, which runs its own competitions and is listed first because it is our own platform, not because of a score. It is an operator comparison rather than an independent ranking, and inclusion is not a guarantee of a win or an endorsement of every draw. We apply the same checklist to every site, including ours.

The checklist every site was judged on

• A named promoter with company details you can verify on Companies House. Registration alone is not regulatory approval.
• The total ticket count, price and your personal entry limit visible before you enter.
• A clearly explained winner selection method, ideally auditable or independently verifiable.
• Publicly displayed winners and results.
• A free entry route on paid prize draws, or a genuine skill element where the format relies on one.
• Secure card payments through an established processor.
• Clear terms covering entry, the draw, prize fulfilment and any cash alternative.

1. Odds Up, best for published ticket caps and verifiable draws

Our own platform, so judge this entry with that in mind. Odds Up caps every competition at a published ticket count and shows the total and remaining tickets before you enter, so you can work out your chance and your total cost. Every draw uses a published cryptographic commitment that anyone can verify in their browser after the result, paid competitions carry a free postal entry route, and winners are published. As a newer site our prize values are smaller than the household names below, which is the honest trade-off for smaller ticket pools.

2. Omaze, best for house draws

Omaze is the best-known name in UK house draws, offering multi-million pound properties alongside donations to its charity partners. The production quality is high, the free postal entry route is signposted, and the charity model means entries support good causes whatever the result. Draws attract very large numbers of entries, so check the property details, closing date and draw rules for the specific house before entering. Our Omaze alternatives guide compares other options.

3. BOTB, best for dream car competitions

BOTB has been running dream car competitions since 1999, which makes it one of the longest-standing operators in the market. Its flagship Dream Car competition is a judged spot-the-ball game rather than a random draw, while its other formats use different winner selection rules, so check how the winner is chosen for the competition you enter. The long history and visible winner record are exactly the trust signals this guide looks for. Our car competition guide explains what to check on any car prize.

4. 7days Performance, best for frequent car draws

7days Performance is one of the biggest car competition sites in the UK, with a large community and draws running constantly. Draws are streamed live on social media, winners are published prominently, and ticket prices are often low. Ticket allocations per competition vary, so check the listing, your entry limit and any cash alternative before entering.

5. Elite Competitions, best for prize variety

Elite Competitions covers a wide spread of prizes, from cars and cash to tech and holidays, with live-streamed draws and a large social following. The breadth means there is nearly always something running that matches what you want to win. Where a competition includes instant wins, check the main draw and instant-win rules separately.

6. Rev Comps, best for performance cars

Rev Comps focuses on performance and modified cars and has been running for years, building a loyal following among car enthusiasts. If your dream prize is a specific performance model rather than a generic hatchback, its prize list tends to be one of the most interesting of the specialist car sites. Check the ticket limit, draw method and prize terms on each listing.

7. Dream Car Giveaways, best for cash alternatives

Dream Car Giveaways runs car and cash competitions with live draws and often offers a cash alternative to the headline prize, which matters if you would rather have the money than the car. Winners are published with photos and the draw schedule is busy. Check the optional cash amount and the delivery terms for the specific competition.

8. Click Competitions, best for instant wins

Click Competitions mixes standard prize draws with instant win competitions, where certain ticket numbers win immediately rather than waiting for a draw date. If you enjoy the instant win format it is one of the better-known UK operators offering it, alongside a regular schedule of cars, cash and tech. Check any instant-win element and your total spend before entering.

How to pick between them

The right site depends on what you want to win and how you weigh the chance of winning against prize size. The household names above offer life-changing prizes with very large numbers of entries, and smaller platforms offer smaller ticket pools on more modest prizes. Car enthusiasts are best served by the specialists, house hunters by the property draws, and if you care most about knowing the ticket count and being able to verify the draw, that is the gap Odds Up was built to fill. Whichever you choose, the checklist above applies equally.

The eight sites compared side by side

A starting point for comparing operators. Availability, prices, formats and terms change; use the operator sources below for the current draw.

How to compare competition sites side by side

• Compare ticket caps as well as prices. In a single-winner draw, one ticket in a sold-out 500-ticket pool is a 1 in 500 chance, while one ticket in a 5,000-ticket pool is 1 in 5,000, even if the prize looks bigger on paper.
• Look for secure payment processing through an established payment provider. Anything that asks for direct bank transfer or cryptocurrency is a warning sign.
• Read the draw process explanation. Specific language about how the winning ticket is selected and audited is a much stronger signal than "winners chosen at random".
• Check the winners page. Real names, dates and prize photos are the signs of a platform that has actually been paying out.
• Test customer support with a question before you commit money. Slow or vague responses tell you what to expect after a draw.
• Compare free entry routes. The best platforms make the postal instructions easy to find and state how free entries are treated in the draw.

Limited ticket draws and judged competitions

A ticket cap makes the chance in a single-winner random draw easy to understand. A judged spot-the-ball competition works differently: judging and entry coordinates matter, so a ticket count alone is not a reliable probability. Read our low odds guide for worked examples and our best odds guide for how to compare the chance and the cost together.

UK competition aggregator sites explained

Competition aggregator sites, such as MoneySavingExpert Competitions Time, ThePrizeFinder and Loquax, collect and list competitions from many organisers in one place. They are useful for discovery, but they do not run the draws themselves, so you still enter with the original organiser, and listings are not always vetted or current. Our UK competition aggregator sites guide compares them and explains what to check. However you discover a competition, run the organiser through the checklist before paying.

Free entry competition websites

A prize draw with paid entries must also offer a free entry route that meets the rules for a free draw, and many operators use postal entry for this. A genuine prize competition that relies on sufficient skill, knowledge or judgement can be different and does not automatically need a postal route. Every site in this round-up should explain its entry routes clearly, and it is a strong signal when one does. Odds Up offers free postal entry to its paid competitions, and our guide to entering competitions by post explains the steps. The Gambling Commission source below sets out the distinction.

Red flags on competition websites

The sites above all have visible track records, but new sites appear constantly and a few warning signs should make you think twice about any platform:

• No named promoter, company registration or business address anywhere on the site.
• Competitions with no published ticket count.
• No free entry route on a paid prize draw.
• No evidence of previous winners.
• Vague or missing terms and conditions.
• Payment only via bank transfer or cryptocurrency.
• Unrealistic prizes with no explanation of how they are funded.

Set a budget before choosing a site

Compare the amount you plan to spend, not just the lowest headline ticket price. Extra entries cost more and still leave a chance of losing. Decide an entertainment budget before you enter and stop at that limit, and read cash prize competitions for how cash award terms work.

Use this checklist on any platform

The signals above are the same ones we hold ourselves to. Run through them on any platform you are thinking of entering, and the trustworthy ones become obvious quickly. Transparency about the total ticket count is the most important signal for a random draw: if a site does not publish how many tickets each competition has, you cannot calculate your chance and you have no way to spot if the cap quietly grows. Everything else builds on that foundation, and the same criteria apply whether you found the site directly or through a competition aggregator.