> The full prize ladder on our free instant win: cash from £5 to £50, plus free tickets into the £250 draw. 58 prizes in 10,000. 18+. Source: https://granddraws.co.uk/instant-win-prizes --- # What you can win on a free instant win **A free instant win play can return cash, from £5 up to £50, or a free ticket into that week's £250 cash draw.**There are 58 prizes spread across 10,000 entry numbers each week, so about 1 in 172 plays win something and 9,942 of the 10,000 win nothing at all. The counts and the amounts are published rather than described in general terms. 18+, Great Britain. The free instant win is open to play on the game page, one play per account per week. ## The whole ladder, in one list Four prize tiers, 58 prizes in total, across 10,000 entry numbers in a week's game. This is the complete list and there is no hidden tier above it. - 1 x £50 cash. That is 1 in 10,000 entry numbers. - 2 x £10 cash. That is 1 in 5,000 entry numbers. - 5 x £5 cash. That is 1 in 2,000 entry numbers. - 50 x free ticket into the £250 draw. That is 1 in 200 entry numbers. - Everything else. 9,942 of the 10,000 entry numbers carry no prize, which is what long odds look like written out. ## How each prize reaches you The two prize types are handled differently, and the difference is worth knowing before you win rather than after. A free ticket is automatic. It is granted to your account the moment the play settles and it goes into that week's £250 draw, which is then drawn at 9pm on its closing date along with every other entry in it. Nothing is asked of you. Cash is not automatic, and we would rather say so than imply a balance appears. A cash win goes into the claims queue, where a person checks it and pays it by bank transfer. That is slower than a number changing on a screen, and a human being is involved in it on purpose. ## Why the free ticket goes into the £250 draw Because it is the draw that is reliably there. The £250 cash competition runs most weeks, where the larger draws run only once or twice a month, so a weekly prize that pointed at a bigger one would sometimes have nothing to point at. That matters more than it sounds. A prize you have to wait an indefinite period to use is a prize with a condition nobody mentioned, and a weekly game needs a weekly destination. Tying it to the draw that actually runs each week keeps the prize usable in the week you won it. ## What a free ticket is worth in that draw Exactly what a paid ticket is worth. It is one entry in that competition, counted the same way, drawn by the same method, with the same chance as any other entry in it. That is the point of it being a real entry rather than a token. A free prize that entered you on worse terms than a paying entrant would be a discount dressed up as a prize. The competition page publishes its ticket cap, so you can work out what one entry is worth there before you use it. ## Why the prizes are this size and not larger Because nothing is coming in to pay for them. A paid competition has a ticket price, and the price is what funds the prize. This game has no ticket price at all, so the pot comes out of the business: £95 in cash and 50 free tickets a week. A free game advertising a life-changing prize is describing something nobody has worked out how to fund. The honest version of a free game is a modest pot and long odds, published, and that is what this is. The larger cash prizes are what the paid competitions are for, where the ticket cap is published and you can work out your own position before paying anything. ## What you can win on a free instant win, answered ### What prizes are in the free instant win? 1 x £50 cash, 2 x £10 cash, 5 x £5 cash, 50 x free ticket into the £250 draw, across 10,000 entry numbers each week. That is 58 prizes in total and about 1 in 172 of winning any of them. ### How does a free ticket prize reach me? It is granted to your account automatically when the play settles, and it goes into that week's £250 cash draw. You do not have to claim it or do anything with it. ### Why does the free ticket go into the smaller draw? Because the £250 competition runs most weeks and the bigger draws do not. A weekly prize pointing at a draw that runs once or twice a month would leave winners waiting, so it points at the one that is reliably there. ### Is a free ticket treated differently from a paid one in the draw? No. It is one entry in that competition with the same chance as any other entry, drawn by the same published method on the same closing date. ### Are there bigger prizes than these on Grand Draws? Yes, in the paid competitions, which is where a ticket price funds a larger prize and the ticket cap is published so you can work out your odds before entering. The free game is deliberately a modest pot with long odds. ## Related - [The cash prizes, and how they are paid](https://granddraws.co.uk/instant-win-cash) - [The odds, worked out](https://granddraws.co.uk/instant-win-odds) - [The paid cash competitions](https://granddraws.co.uk/competitions) - [The free postal route on paid competitions](https://granddraws.co.uk/free-entry) - [How winnings are paid](https://granddraws.co.uk/guides/how-competition-winnings-are-paid) - [The free instant win game](https://granddraws.co.uk/free-instant-wins)