> UK cash prize competitions with tickets from 9p, in minimum orders of 25. Published ticket counts, capped odds and a free postal entry route on every draw. 18+. Source page: https://granddraws.co.uk/cheap-prize-competitions # 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. Paid entry opens on 30 October 2026, so these prices cannot be bought yet. ## 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](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/250-cash-daily) | 9p | 20,000 | £2.25 | 1 in 20,000 | | [£500 Tax-Free Cash](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/500-cash-opener) | 9p | 27,000 | £2.25 | 1 in 27,000 | | [£1,000 Tax-Free Cash](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/1000-cash-weekly-draw) | 11p | 40,000 | £2.75 | 1 in 40,000 | | [£2,500 Tax-Free Cash](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/2500-cash-midweek) | 14p | 80,000 | £3.50 | 1 in 80,000 | | [£5,000 Tax-Free Cash](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/5000-cash-launch-draw) | 18p | 133,750 | £4.50 | 1 in 133,750 | | [£10,000 Tax-Free Cash](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/10k-cash-draw) | 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](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/250-cash-daily) | **55** tickets 1 in 364 | **111** tickets 1 in 180 | **277** tickets 1 in 72 | | [£500 Tax-Free Cash](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/500-cash-opener) | **55** tickets 1 in 491 | **111** tickets 1 in 243 | **277** tickets 1 in 97 | | [£1,000 Tax-Free Cash](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/1000-cash-weekly-draw) | **45** tickets 1 in 889 | **90** tickets 1 in 444 | **227** tickets 1 in 176 | | [£2,500 Tax-Free Cash](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/2500-cash-midweek) | **35** tickets 1 in 2,286 | **71** tickets 1 in 1,127 | **178** tickets 1 in 449 | | [£5,000 Tax-Free Cash](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/5000-cash-launch-draw) | **27** tickets 1 in 4,954 | **55** tickets 1 in 2,432 | **138** tickets 1 in 969 | | [£10,000 Tax-Free Cash](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/10k-cash-draw) | 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 →](https://granddraws.co.uk/guides/what-competition-tickets-cost) ## 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 →](https://granddraws.co.uk/free-entry) ## The cheapest draws, opening soon [Opening soon £250](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/250-cash-daily) 20,000 tickets Opens 30 October 2026 **1/20,000** odds with 1 ticket [View this draw](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/250-cash-daily) [Enter free by post](https://granddraws.co.uk/free-entry) Same draw, same odds, no purchase necessary. [Opening soon £500](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/500-cash-opener) 27,000 tickets Opens 30 October 2026 **1/27,000** odds with 1 ticket [View this draw](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/500-cash-opener) [Enter free by post](https://granddraws.co.uk/free-entry) Same draw, same odds, no purchase necessary. [Opening soon £1,000](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/1000-cash-weekly-draw) 40,000 tickets Opens 30 October 2026 **1/40,000** odds with 1 ticket [View this draw](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions/1000-cash-weekly-draw) [Enter free by post](https://granddraws.co.uk/free-entry) Same draw, same odds, no purchase necessary. [See every competition →](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions) ## Questions about price **What is the cheapest way to enter a 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. ## Be first when we open Paid competitions open 30 October 2026. Create a free account for first pick of tickets, free welcome rewards and launch-day alerts. 18+. [Create a free account](https://granddraws.co.uk/account?next=early-access) ## Your ticket could be next Every competition has published odds, a draw anyone can verify and a free postal route. 18+. [Browse competitions](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions) --- Grand Draws is a UK skill-based prize competition operator. It is not a casino, not a lottery and not gambling. Every competition requires a correct answer to a genuine skill question and offers a free postal entry route on the same odds. 18+, UK residents only. Please enter within your means.