1/20,000 odds with 1 ticket
Closes Sun 15 Nov, 20:00
Same draw, same odds, no purchase necessary.
Cheap prize competitions, from 9p a ticket
Tickets start at 9p each, sold in minimum orders of 25, so the smallest paid order is £2.25. Price rises with the prize, from 9p on the smallest draw to 23p on the largest. A cheaper ticket is not automatically better value: the cheaper draws have smaller ticket pools, so the same money buys much better odds, while the dearer ones buy a share of a far larger prize. Every draw also has a free postal entry route with identical odds, so nothing here has to be paid for at all.
What a ticket costs on each draw
Every competition publishes its ticket price, how many tickets exist and the most one person may buy. Those three numbers decide your odds, and none of them changes once a draw opens.
| Draw | Ticket | Tickets in the draw | Smallest order | Odds per ticket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £250 Tax-Free Cash | 9p | 20,000 | £2.25 | 1 in 20,000 |
| £500 Tax-Free Cash | 9p | 27,000 | £2.25 | 1 in 27,000 |
| £100 jackpot, and 207 more prizes | 11p | 10,000 | £2.75 | 1 in 10,000 |
| £1,000 Tax-Free Cash | 11p | 40,000 | £2.75 | 1 in 40,000 |
| £2,500 Tax-Free Cash | 14p | 80,000 | £3.50 | 1 in 80,000 |
| £5,000 Tax-Free Cash | 18p | 133,750 | £4.50 | 1 in 133,750 |
| £10,000 Tax-Free Cash | 23p | 200,000 | £5.75 | 1 in 200,000 |
What your money actually buys
The same spend, across every draw on the board. This is the comparison worth making, and it is the one that shows a cheap ticket is not a worse one.
| Draw | £5 buys | £10 buys | £25 buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| £250 Tax-Free Cash | 55 tickets 1 in 364 | 111 tickets 1 in 180 | 277 tickets 1 in 72 |
| £500 Tax-Free Cash | 55 tickets 1 in 491 | 111 tickets 1 in 243 | 277 tickets 1 in 97 |
| £100 jackpot, and 207 more prizes | 45 tickets 1 in 222 | 90 tickets 1 in 111 | 227 tickets 1 in 44 |
| £1,000 Tax-Free Cash | 45 tickets 1 in 889 | 90 tickets 1 in 444 | 227 tickets 1 in 176 |
| £2,500 Tax-Free Cash | 35 tickets 1 in 2,286 | 71 tickets 1 in 1,127 | 178 tickets 1 in 449 |
| £5,000 Tax-Free Cash | 27 tickets 1 in 4,954 | 55 tickets 1 in 2,432 | 138 tickets 1 in 969 |
| £10,000 Tax-Free Cash | below the minimum | 43 tickets 1 in 4,651 | 108 tickets 1 in 1,852 |
The figures above assume a full house, which is the least flattering version. Should a draw close part-sold, everyone still holding a ticket gets a better chance than the table promised, and the date never moves. Why cheaper is not always better value →
The cheapest entry of all is free
Post a card and you are in, on any draw listed above, holding a ticket indistinguishable from one somebody paid for. We do not treat that as a loophole to be tolerated: it sits in the terms as an equal way in, and the fact that it exists on the £10,000 board as readily as the £250 one is what keeps these competitions and not a lottery. How the free postal route works →
The cheapest draws open now
1/27,000 odds with 1 ticket
Closes Sun 22 Nov, 20:00
Same draw, same odds, no purchase necessary.
1/10,000 odds with 1 ticket
Closes Sun 9 May, 20:00
Same draw, same odds, no purchase necessary.
Questions about price
What is the cheapest way to enter a Grand Draws competition?
The cheapest paid entry is 9p a ticket on the £250 Tax-Free Cash draw, sold in minimum orders of 25, so £2.25 is the smallest order. Cheaper still, every competition can be entered free by post with exactly the same odds and no purchase at all.
Why is there a minimum order of 25 tickets?
A card payment carries a fixed fee of roughly 20p whatever the amount, so processing one 9p ticket would cost more than the ticket itself. Selling in 25s keeps the ticket price down instead of raising it to cover the fee. The free postal route has no minimum.
Does a cheaper ticket mean worse odds?
No, the opposite. The cheaper draws have smaller ticket pools, so a given amount of money buys a larger share of the draw. What they have instead is a smaller prize, which is the trade the table on this page sets out in full.
Is the price on the page the price I pay?
Yes. VAT is included, there is no booking fee and no card surcharge, and nothing is added at checkout. Larger orders earn extra tickets rather than money off, so the arithmetic stays checkable.
Can I enter without spending anything?
Yes, on every draw. The free postal entry route carries identical odds to a paid ticket and no purchase is necessary. It is a route of equal standing, not a technicality.
18+ Over-18s resident in Great Britain. Prices include VAT. Free postal entry on every draw.
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