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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Hydro Solutions Fylde Ltd are the company behind Elite Competitions. Since they launched in 2015 they - according to their Facebook about us details - have given away over £50 Million in prizes to...
Best Of The Best - or BOTB as they're now known - is probably one of the most well known car competition sites online. They've been operating since 1999 and many people may have first become aware...
Owned by Jammy Entertainment Ltd, Jammy launched in 2021. It is a London based prize draw site. They've grown pretty quickly and currently boast well over 100,000 Facebook followers although only...
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...
7 Days Performance launched in 2018 and is owned by Ross Youngman and George Sapay. They aim to give "you the opportunity to own your dream cars for a fraction of their value". It's good to see...
Omaze was launched in 2012 by Ryan Cummins and Matthew Pohlson. Based in Los Angeles the company is well known for offering out of this world prizes whilst raising money for good causes. The...
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...
McKinney Competitions are owned by Top Gear Autos NI LTD and they launched in March 2020. They're based in Dungannon but also have a London office. We first learnt about them when they hosted...
Click Competitions launched in 2020 and have created a large number of prize winners. There's little information on the site about the owners/company but their Facebook page does say that their...
Dream Car Giveaway 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 April...
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...
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...
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. The site is owned by Made...
TripHunters launched in 2019 and is run by TH Travel Limited. They describe themselves as "a team of 4 travel-lovers based in Kings Cross who work tirelessly to deliver a great experience". That...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Established in January 2020 by John Mallon, Bear Competitions - based in Northern Ireland - have grown considerably. They boast over 100,000 followers on Facebook and nearly 40,000 followers on...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
