How it Works
Transparent from ticket to draw.
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Pick & Answer
Select a competition and your ticket quantity, then answer one quick skill-based question.
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Get Your Numbers
Your ticket numbers are allocated instantly and saved to your account.
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Watch the Draw
Draws are live-streamed with verifiable random selection. Winners published within 24 hours.
The Skill Question
Every entry includes one simple multiple-choice question. Under the Gambling Act 2005, this is what distinguishes a prize competition from a lottery — and it keeps everything above board.
Free Postal Entry Route
You can enter any competition without payment. Send a postcard with your name, address, contact details, chosen competition and your answer to the skill question to:
The Prize Lounge — Free Entry
40 New Road East
Portsmouth
PO2 7RS
United Kingdom
Postal entries have the same chance of winning as paid entries. Full details here.
Live, Verifiable Draws
Draws use verifiable random methods and are streamed publicly. Results are published within 24 hours of the winner being contacted.
Responsible Play
18+ only, UK residents. Set your limits and play for fun. If it stops being fun, free confidential support is available from BeGambleAware — 0808 8020 133. Self-exclusion options are available on request. A share of proceeds supports community causes.
The Legal Bits
Clear, honest terms — the way we like everything at The Prize Lounge.
Terms & Conditions
Who we are. The Prize Lounge is operated by The Prize Lounge LTD, registered in England & Wales (company number 17213753), of 40 New Road East, Portsmouth, PO2 7RS ("we", "us"). By entering our competitions you agree to these terms.
Eligibility. Entrants must be 18 or over and resident in the United Kingdom. Employees of the operator and their immediate families may not enter.
How entries work. Entry is by purchasing one or more tickets on this website and correctly answering the qualifying skill question, or free of charge by post (see Free Entry Route below). Entries with an incorrect answer are not entered into the draw and are not refunded. Each competition states its ticket price, closing time and maximum number of entries.
The draw. Winners are selected by a verifiably random draw, streamed live at the advertised time (Wednesdays at 7pm UK time unless stated otherwise). The winning ticket number is selected from all valid entries — paid and postal entries have an equal chance.
Prizes. Cash prizes are paid by bank transfer within 7 days of the winner confirming their details. Winners are contacted using their account details and announced on our Winners page and social channels (first name only, unless you agree otherwise). If a winner cannot be contacted within 14 days a redraw may take place.
Our rights. We may cancel or extend a competition if fewer than the minimum viable entries are received; in that case entrants will be refunded or offered entry into the following draw. We may refuse or void entries that breach these terms.
Liability. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law. Our total liability to any entrant is limited to the amount they paid to enter. This agreement is governed by the laws of England & Wales.
Privacy Policy
What we collect. Your name, email address, encrypted password, and your entry and order history. If you pay by card, payment is processed by Stripe — we never see or store your card details.
How we use it. To run the competitions you enter: allocating your ticket numbers, contacting you if you win, and showing your entries in your account. We do not sell your data or send marketing you haven't agreed to.
Where it lives. Account, order and ticket data is stored in the site's managed Netlify Database. Payments are handled by Stripe.
Your rights. You can ask for a copy of your data, correction, or deletion at any time by contacting us at [contact email]. We keep order records as long as legally required for accounting purposes.
Free Entry Route
You can enter any competition without payment. Send an unenclosed postcard with your full name, address, email address, date of birth, the competition you wish to enter, and your answer to that competition's skill question to:
The Prize Lounge — Free Entry
40 New Road East
Portsmouth
PO2 7RS
United Kingdom
One entry per postcard. Postal entries must be received before the competition closes and have exactly the same chance of winning as paid entries. Illegible or incomplete entries cannot be accepted.
Responsible Play
Our competitions are meant to be fun. Set yourself a budget and stick to it — the per-person ticket limit on every draw exists for that reason. If you'd like us to exclude you from entering, email [contact email] and we'll apply it within 48 hours.
If playing ever stops being fun, free and confidential support is available from BeGambleAware — 0808 8020 133 (open 24 hours) or at begambleaware.org.
Draw Control Room
Review registered customers and every paid ticket eligible for the live draw.
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