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UK car competitions, by the numbers.

Pick a car and compare its competitions side by side: the ticket price, the odds if every ticket sells, and when it closes. Every listing shows when we last read it from the operator's own site.

Make

CompDex opens soon. Until then, the listings below are examples.

  • 3hhow often we check each listing
  • 1hhow often in the last 24 hours before it closes
  • 10facts on every listing, from ticket price to free entry route
  • 0tickets sold by CompDex. You buy from the operator.

Closes

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Example, not live data

    These listings are made up to show how CompDex will work. The operators aren't named and the figures aren't real. Car photos come from Wikimedia Commons: see the photo credits.

    How it works

    1. 01

      Pick the car

      Search a make or model, or choose one. Every listing is matched to the make, model and variant, so a search for a Golf R finds Golf Rs, not every Golf.

    2. 02

      Compare the numbers

      Ticket price, the odds if every ticket sells, how many have sold and when it closes, side by side. Each listing shows when we last read it from the operator.

    3. 03

      Enter on the operator's site

      CompDex doesn't sell tickets. When you pick a competition, you buy from the operator, on its own site, under its own terms.

    Tell me when one appears

    Tell us the car, even if nobody is offering it today. Once CompDex is live, you get one email a day, at the same time each day, listing the live competitions for it.

    Change or stop it from a link in any email. No account needed.

    Alerts start when CompDex opens. Until then, this form is switched off.

    Make and model, for example BMW M3. Add the variant if it matters.

    Leave it empty to see every price.

    Sign-ups aren't open yet.

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    What the odds mean

    "1 in 99,999 if every ticket sells" means each ticket is one of 99,999. Buy 10 and your chance is about 1 in 10,000. If fewer tickets sell, your chance is better than that.

    Work out your chance

    You spend£4.90If every ticket sells1 in 10,000If sales stopped now1 in 6,201

    For illustration. The operator's terms decide what happens when not every ticket sells, so read them before you enter.

    What every listing shows

    What you win
    The car, down to the variant: a Golf R, not just a Golf.
    Cash alternative
    If the operator offers one. If it only states a value, we show it as the operator's. CompDex doesn't value cars itself.
    Ticket price
    The price of one ticket. Where tickets only come in bundles, what each one works out at.
    Tickets sold
    Out of the maximum. Checked every 3 hours, and every hour in the last 24 hours before it closes.
    Odds
    Your chance with one ticket if every ticket sells: 1 in the maximum number of tickets.
    When it closes
    The closing time in UK time, from the operator's own page. The draw follows on the operator's own schedule.
    Free entry route
    Whether the operator shows a free way to enter, and where to find it.
    Who can enter
    The age limit and where you need to live, from the operator's terms.
    Government code
    Whether the operator is on the GOV.UK list of signatories to the government's voluntary code for prize draw operators, with the date of that list.
    Last checked
    When we last read the operator's page. Every listing shows this time.

    Run a UK car competition site?

    We list a site's competitions when its terms allow it, or when the operator tells us yes in writing.

    • Matched to the exact car

      Your competitions are matched to the exact car, so someone searching for a Golf R finds your Golf R.

    • Sent to your site

      Every listing links straight to the competition on your site. Entries and payments stay with you.

    • Kept current

      We read your page every 3 hours, and every hour in the last 24 hours, so buyers see your latest sold count with the time we checked it.

    Questions

    Does CompDex sell tickets?

    No. CompDex lists competitions and links to them. You buy tickets from the operator, on the operator's own site.

    Is this gambling?

    In Great Britain, a prize competition is not a lottery under the Gambling Act 2005 when it sets a genuine test of skill or offers a genuine free way to enter. CompDex runs no competitions and takes no money. We show whether each operator displays a free entry route, but we don't judge whether a competition is lawful. Northern Ireland has its own rules.

    Where do the figures come from?

    From each operator's own website, read every 3 hours, and every hour in the last 24 hours before a competition closes. Every listing shows when we last checked it. If a figure and the operator's page disagree, the operator's page is the one that counts.

    How do you work out the odds?

    We show 1 in the maximum number of tickets: your chance with one ticket if every ticket sells. If fewer sell, your chance is better. Where an operator doesn't state a maximum, we say so instead of guessing.

    Why isn't my favourite site listed?

    We list a site only when its terms allow automated reading, or the operator has told us yes in writing. At launch that is a small number of sites, and we add more as operators say yes.

    Is CompDex free?

    Searching, comparing and alerts cost you nothing.