Good to know before you bid

You choose amounts from £0.01 upwards, in steps of 1p. Lots of people can choose the same amount. When the competition closes, any amount that more than one person chose is thrown out. The lowest amount left, chosen by exactly one person, wins.

Each competition sets its own price per bid and says so on its page, before you enter. The amount you choose to bid is just a number used to decide the winner. It is not what you pay.

Each competition has a limit on how many bids one person can place, shown on its page. You cannot choose the same amount twice in one competition. The limit includes any postal entries you send.

Each competition page says what, if anything, a winner has to pay. Read it before you enter.

Yes. Every competition has a free postal entry route. Postal entries go into the same competition and are treated in exactly the same way as online ones. See the free postal entry page for how.

Each competition says what happens in that case before it opens. The result is always worked out from the bids that were actually placed: nobody makes up a winning amount.

No. Once your payment is confirmed and your bids are registered, they cannot be changed or withdrawn. Check your amounts before you pay.

By the rules, at the closing time. The system counts every valid online and postal bid, finds the lowest amount chosen by exactly one person, and records the result. Nobody picks a winner by hand.

You must be 18 or over. The full conditions are in the terms and in the rules of each competition.

You can close your account at any time from your account settings, or contact us. Please read about taking part responsibly.