PRIZERUN is a prize draw settled by real racing. You make no prediction and no selection — your horse is drawn for you.
Every race on today's GB & Irish cards is open until the off. Pick your entry amount — £1 to £5, or £10 — paid from your balance.
The moment you buy, one horse from the full declared field is allocated to your entry at random. Every entry in a race has an identical chance: 1-in-N, where N is the number of runners. You can't pick, and neither can we.
If your horse wins on the official result, your entry pays a fixed prize — credited to your balance the moment the result is official. The prize scales with your entry at a constant rate: 50p per £1 entered, per declared runner:
The exact prize for your amount is shown before you buy, and every amount returns the same 50p-in-the-pound prize fund — it changes the prize size, never the value.
Every horse you held today — winner or not — is automatically a chance in the Night Draw at 9.30pm, where one entry from the whole day wins £250. A single is one chance, a five-pack is five, a postal entry is one: every entry in every race counts, so no entry is ever completely done until half nine.
Entry allocation covers the full field in rotation (see Fairness), so once a race has at least as many entries as runners, the winning horse is always held. Every result pays real winners.
Maximum 5 entries per person per race, however entered — the limit applies identically to paid entries and free postal entries, counted together. Entries beyond the limit are void (paid entries refunded).
If your horse is declared a non-runner, choose a full refund or a fresh random horse from the remaining field. Dead heats pay every winning entry in full. Void races refund all entries.
Your balance is yours — winnings can be withdrawn to your bank at any time from £5, free, with no conditions attached.
Betting means choosing an outcome, staking money on that choice at odds, and being paid according to those odds. None of that happens here. You make no prediction and no selection — your horse is allocated to you at random, the same way a name is pulled from a hat in an office sweepstake. The entry price is fixed, the prize is fixed and printed before you buy, and the race result is simply the mechanism that selects which entries win — like numbered balls in a draw machine. That is the legal anatomy of a sweepstake, which UK law treats as a form of prize draw, not betting. And because every draw carries a genuinely free postal entry route with identical odds and prizes, PRIZERUN operates as a free draw under Schedule 2 of the Gambling Act 2005 — the same framework used by free prize draws across the UK — rather than as a licensed betting product.
To be clear about what this is not saying: chance still decides who wins, and you should only ever spend what you'd happily spend on any entertainment. The differences below are about structure, transparency and consumer protection — the table shows exactly where a PRIZERUN entry differs from a bet, a lottery entry and a typical prize competition.
| PRIZERUN | Bookmaker bet | Lottery | Prize competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you choose your selection? | No — allocated at random, so there's nothing to predict and no skill or judgement rewarded or punished | Yes — you pick and your judgement is the bet | You pick numbers, but they don't matter | Sometimes — often a skill question |
| Is money staked at odds? | No — fixed £1–£10 entry, prize printed before you buy | Yes — winnings depend on odds set by the operator | No — fixed entry, variable jackpot | No — fixed entry, fixed prize |
| Do you know your exact prize before entering? | Yes — shown on every race before purchase | Only if odds don't move; payout varies with the bet | No — jackpots and shares vary | Yes — usually |
| Are your chances stated plainly? | Yes — 1-in-N printed on every race, same for every entry | Implied by odds, shaped by the bookmaker's margin | Published, but very long (millions to one) | Rarely — depends on entry volume |
| Is the prize fund published? | Yes — 50p of every £1 goes to prizes, on every race, stated on our Fairness page | No — the margin is built into the odds | Yes — set by licence | Rarely |
| Can you enter completely free with equal odds? | Yes — every race, by post, same draw, same prizes | No | No | Usually — required for the same exemption |
| Can one event cost you more than the entry? | Never — £10 is the most an entry can ever cost you | Money is lost on every losing bet, and re-betting chases losses | No | No |
| Withdrawal conditions? | None — winnings withdrawable from £5, no wagering requirements | Bonuses often carry wagering requirements | None | Varies |
| Regulatory basis | Free prize draw, Schedule 2, Gambling Act 2005 — licence-exempt because entry is free by post | UKGC betting licence | UKGC lottery licence / National Lottery Act | Usually Schedule 2, like ours |
General characteristics of each category, for orientation — individual operators vary. Whatever the structure, only ever spend what you can comfortably afford; see Play safe.