Free Competitions UK: Free Postal Entry on Every MrRaffle Draw

UK competition law distinguishes between a prize-draw competition and a lottery. Lotteries require a Gambling Commission licence; prize-draw competitions do not. provided paid entries don't have an advantage over free entries on the grand prize. That's the no-purchase-necessary rule, and it's why every UK prize-draw operator from BOTB to MrRaffle has to offer a free postal entry route.

What it means for you: the cost of a postcard and a stamp buys you the same grand-prize odds as someone who paid £5 or £50 for a ticket on a traditional UK competition site. MrRaffle paid tickets start at 10p, so the gap is smaller, but the principle is the same, and if you're trying to win without spending money on tickets, the free postal route is genuinely viable.

Step one: pick a competition. Browse the live instant wins catalogue or jump straight to a category page: car competitions, cash competitions, motorbike competitions, raffle competitions. Pick any draw that's currently open.

Step two: write the postcard. A handwritten postcard with your full name, date of birth, UK postal address, email address and the exact competition name you want to enter. One competition per postcard.

Step three: post it. Send the card to the free-entry address listed in our competition terms. Postcards must be received before the competition closes. Allow standard Royal Mail delivery time, especially for headline draws.

Your free entry is added to the same draw pool as paid tickets. Winner selection runs the same verifiable random process across the combined pool. The address and exact format are kept current on the live terms page. Check it before you post.

Identical: odds of winning the grand prize, eligibility (UK residents aged 18+), prize delivery, tax status (HMRC treats UK prize-draw wins as tax-free), winner-selection process (verifiable RNG, recorded for audit).

Different: paid entries additionally reveal an instant cash prize the moment the ticket is opened, plus auto-entry into our Daily, Weekly and Monthly cash jackpot draws. Free postal entries enter the grand-prize draw only.

In short. Paid entries get more for the same grand-prize odds (instant cash on every ticket, plus three jackpot auto-entries). Free postal entries exist so MrRaffle is a lawful UK prize-draw competition rather than a lottery. Both routes win the headline prize.

Search volume tells you most UK players are looking for best competitions to enter UK free online. They want a single trusted route into multiple prize draws without paying. MrRaffle is exactly that: one registered account, one published address, one set of competition terms, free postal entry on every live draw. Cars, bikes, cash, watches, raffles, jackpots. With identical odds to paid tickets.

There's no separate 'free competitions' platform we run. The same competitions paid users enter accept free postal entries with identical odds. Check the winners page. Every name there is a real UK player, identity-verified, with the prize delivered.

Free postal entries must come from UK residents aged 18 or over. There is no cap on how many separate free postal entries you may submit across different competitions or to the same competition, provided each entry is on its own handwritten postcard. Photocopied, printed or pre-prepared postcards may be rejected at MrRaffle's discretion under our competition terms.

MrRaffle does not market to anyone under 18 and runs an age check before any cash withdrawal. BeGambleAware.org and GamCare offer free, confidential UK support for responsible play.

MrRaffle is operated by TRUE HAVEN GROUP LTD, a UK private limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 16782179, with a registered office at 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London W1W 5PF. The platform operates as a lawful UK prize-draw and promotional competitions service, not as gambling under the Gambling Act 2005.

Winning tickets are selected by verifiable random number generation and the result is recorded for audit. Every winner is identity-verified by KYC before payout or delivery. Winning entries are published on the public winners page (with the winner's consent).