What are pay to enter prize draws or competitions sites? Are they legit or a scam? Do people really win? Our FAQ can help you find out more.
Competition sites that run to pay to enter prize draws have become incredibly popular in recent times. There are over 350 different sites offering the chance to win everything from cars to fishing and farm equipment. Amongst the biggest sites are Elite Competitions, McKinney Competitions, Bounty Competitions, 7 Days Performance, BOTB, Dream Car Giveaways and That Prize Guy. Unlike free prize draws, pay to enter prize draws have limited entries. Some refer to them as low odds competitions or raffles. But are these competitions sites legit? Can you enter them for free? In this section we review some of the best sites and explain how these sites work. We also include some of these raffle site prize draws in our listings.
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BOTB is probably one of the most well known car competitions sites online. They've been operating since 1999 and many people may have first become aware of them when visiting an airport! BOTB have...
Hydro Solutions Fylde Ltd are the company behind Elite Competitions. Since they launched in 2016 they have given away almost £100million in prizes and created an incredible 7million+ winners! They...
McKinney Competitions are owned by Top Gear Autos NI LTD and they launched in March 2020. They're based in Dungannon but also have offices in London and Dublin. They say that they are "the UK and...
Owned by Jammy Entertainment Ltd, Jammy is London based prize draw site. They call themselves "The Original Prize Draw Competition Site" which is a bit bold considering they only launched in 2021...
7 Days Performance launched in 2018 and is owned by Ross Youngman and George Sapay. They are quite possibly one of the biggest - if not the biggest - pay to enter prize draw platforms in The UK...
Click Competitions launched in 2020 and was founded by Justin Franklin and Daniel Oldham. Since their launch they have created a large number of prize winners. There's little information on the...
Good Life Plus originally was part of Chadd Media Ltd but is now part of Good Life Plus PLC. When we first reviewed them they represented the high end side of win a car raffles. Tickets generally...
That Prize Guy Limited was launched in 2020 and is owned by Paul Harkin. Located in Bangor, Northern Ireland, they've been one of the raffle style sites that we've known about mainly due to...
Launched in March 2024, Brick Prize Draws operating as Berex Ltd is dedicated to offering players the chance to win exciting Lego prizes. The site looks a lot better than many others within the...
Dream Car Giveaways was established in 2018 by Petrolheads (Hickling and Andrews) who wanted to offer entrants the chance "to win a dream car at the fraction of the normal retail cost". As of June...
When we first reviewed Raffolux you could win "exclusive and luxury prizes through a modern twist on the age-old raffle". In fact way back you could actually win a hectare of Mars in one of their...
Launched in 2019 by Rev Corp Ltd, Rev Comps claims that they are "one of the UK's largest competition websites with 1000s of winners every month from our guaranteed live and auto draws". Every...
DayMade, run by TH Travel Limited, originally launched in 2019 under the brand name TripHunters. They describe themselves as a company that "has grown into a London-based team of 13 who are all...
Launched in 2019, Lucky Day Competitions is another pay to enter prize draw site that heralds from across The Irish Sea. The company is based in Forkhill, Newry and trades as Ace Competitions...
Owned by Aspire Competitions Ltd, this competitions site launched in 2019. They're based in the South West and say that they are "focussing on bringing you the very best in VW Campers, Bikes and...
Redline Automotive Ltd - from Gaz and Mike - are the company behind Redline Competitions. After running several popular Facebook motoring pages they decided that they wanted to offer big...
Owned by Storm Motors of Northern Ireland, Storm Competitions launched during 2020. The company say that they source desirable premium cars with low mileage and offer them through competitions...
Like many of these kind of sites, Pristine Competitions are located in Northern Ireland. Launched in 2019 the company is run by Cathal McGinty and Niall Mclaughlin. Since starting they say that...
GoGoVox Competitions launched in November 2024. Usually we wouldn't review a site that's only a few months old but we've seen this one advertised quite a few times across large media sites. The...
Although the site has Northern Ireland roots, as does seem a lot of pay to enter prize draw sites, Tommy French Competitions Limited is registered in The West Midlands. We first heard about them...
If you like guitars then you might want to check out Guitar Gear Giveaway. Owned by Guitar Gear Giveaway Limited this pay to enter prize draw site is dedicated offering incredible guitars and...
Set up by Ian Buckley and James Melling in 2020, Paragon Competitions is yet another option when it comes to competition sites. They have a decent sized following on Instagram (over 35K) but a...
Gaming Giveaways launched in 2020 and is owned by a company called Smile Group Giveaways Limited. They are well established within the Gaming Community are are the people behind By Gamers For...
Established in 2020 by Calvin and Leanne Davidson, Bounty Competitions wants to offer entrants the chance to "win amazing prizes and experiences all for the price of a kebab or a few pints". Based...
Launched in 2021, Kilted Competitions is a family run business based in the East Coast of Scotland. Their site uses Wordpress/Woocommerce and has, unsurprisingly, a Scottish theme. A highland cow...
Established in January 2020 by John Mallon, Bear Competitions - based in Northern Ireland - have grown considerably. They boast over 120,000 followers on Facebook and nearly 120,000 followers on...
Supreemlife is owned by Pikeet Group UK Ltd, a company that was incorporated in 2021 and their registered company address is a serviced office in Covent Garden, London. The site uses the Think...
Incorporated in May 2021, Blingo Competitions is based in Cardiff and run by Ruth Ellis. They aren't the biggest of pay to enter prize draw sites and at time of writing have around 3000 followers...
Raffall launched at the end of 2015 and is owned by Raffall Limited. It's different to other sites that we've listed as this is a platform for individuals or brands to run their own pay to enter...
From what we can understand, Raffleade actually started life as Raffleaid (ASA) although the site is managed under Clarson Limited. Unusually for this sector the site is run by a mother and...
Bright Competitions we believe is owned by Guy Loveday who operates the site under "Bright Choice". However we're not sure whether this is linked to a limited company. They trade out of Manchester...
