BOTB Review

BOTB, originally known as Best Of The Best, is probably best known for it's car prizes that could be won via spot the ball competitions. They still run those competitions but have developed into a pay to enter prize draw platform to giveaway more goodies. More recently they've also entered the win. a house competition sector offering stunning properties around the South of England for just 99p a ticket.

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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 had stands at Heathrow and Gatwick where they offered travellers the chance to win supercars whilst they waited for flights. Found by William Hindmarch the idea of BOTB is "to give people a great chance to win the car of their dreams for a small amount of money". The business, now part of Winvia Entertainment Limited, has since evolved to compete with the growing popularity of platforms such as Omaze, Elite Competitions, 7 Days Performance and others. This means that as well as spot the ball skill competitions, BOTB run raffle style draws including win a house competitions. All these can be played on desktop, tablet and mobile plus there are apps for Apple and Android devices.

Spot The Ball Competitions

If you like a genuine skill competition then BOTB's spot the ball is perfect for you. This is the type of competition the company was found upon and has been famous for since inception. Cars are the main prize you can win here but the type of car is up to you. All kind of options are available from a Lamborghini Urus all the way down to a Mini Cooper Sport. The more expensive the car the higher the entry fee. So the Mini Cooper Sport would cost 95p an entry whilst it's £6.15 if you fancy trying to win a Lambo. Once you've selected your desired prize you simply purchase a ticket and then proceed to the spot the ball image where you need to play your cross at the point where you believe the centre of the ball will be as determined by some judges. Each week a judging panel will determine where they think the ball is and the entry with the closest pin wins the car that they chose. A cash alternative is also available. The Spot the Ball competitions are dubbed skill competitions so there is no free entry route.

Other BOTB Competitions & Prizes

BOTB also run a weekly lifestyle competition that takes place every Wednesday. It works in a similar way to the above in that you choose the prize you'd like to win from a selection of cars, motorbikes, watches, cash, holidays and tech. The more expensive the prize the higher the entry fee. Typically expect to pay from 40p an entry. The Lifestyle prize draw used to require you to answer a question in order to qualify your entry but we're not sure that's the case now. In order not to lose ground to other platforms, BOTB has added raffle style draws and instant wins to their roster. The biggest of these are win a house competitions where to date they've offered six different properties. As of June 2025 they also had a prize draw for a VW Camper and an Audi RS6, both at low ticket prices. The instant win promo had £460,000 of watches and jewellery up for grabs although none of the bigger prizes had been won at time of writing. If all that isn't enough BOTB run occasional free prize draws too. No purchase necessary postal options are available and details can be found after clicking the 'Enter Now' orange button.

Do People Win At BOTB?

Sites like BOTB.com don't last for over 20 years without winners and transparency - and they have both in spades. There are winner details from 2000 and you can review the results if you really fancy trawling through them. Recent winners include Ali Mohammed (Surrey Home), Karwan Ahmed (Range Rover), Chris Cole (Tech Bundle) and Michelle Adams (Landrover Defender) More recent spot the ball competitions come with even more information including the judges decision and a video of the judges in action. Even a confirmation letter by external auditors Azets is provided for full declaration. With respect to the lifestyle prize draws, win a house competitions etc, BOTB's draw are undertaken by PromoVeritas, the UK's leading independent promotional verification service. Using a third party to run draws should give entrants confidence that everything is truly above board. Overall it is quite an impressive set up and other pay to enter sites could learn a great deal by being as open and transparent as BOTB.com.

Responsible Play & Other Reviews

Despite being a market leader, disappointingly BOTB don't seem to have any messaging when it comes to responsible play. However they do have a spend limit option set up in the user account. Go to 'My Details' scroll down and enable the option. Whilst that gets a thumbs up, it also gets a thumbs down because the lowest limit you can set is £20 a week. It wouldn't hurt BOTB to lower that to £10 or even £5. It also wouldn't hurt them to highlight this option and have a responsible play section. When it comes to reviews, BOTB's 5* reviews only account for 73% of the total. However it should be said that a lot of the negative reviews are the usual I haven't won. We couldn't see any complaints with respect to postal entries.

Our Verdict

It's been interesting to see BOTB's redevelopment as it stakes it's claim on the online competitions sector. The spot the ball car competitions have always been associated with the brand and it's nice to see at least one skill competitions still active. The addition of other formats including instant wins, win a house competitions and raffles adds extra interest to BOTB. We like that the draws are done by a third party as that takes away all concerns of cheating (other platforms should take note - this is how you do transparency). BOTB also offer extras which we've not covered here. These include perks for playing, free tickets, refer a friend, game centre, missions, the BOTB app and much more. We like that they have a spending limit but not that the minimum is £20 plus we'd love to see a bigger responsible play element across the site, especially if they're going to be increasing instant wins and other pay to enter competitions.

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