Every valid ticket is equal
A paid entry and a valid free postal entry receive the same kind of ticket. Neither route is weighted or placed in a separate draw.
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How your odds actually work
No mystery maths. One valid ticket carries one equal chance. The numbers change with the entry pool, the number of tickets you hold and-on instant wins-the number of winning positions.
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This illustration assumes one main-draw winner and a fixed number of instant-win tickets distributed without replacement.
Chance of the main-draw prize
1.0%
1 in 100
10 of 1,000 equally weighted entries
Chance of at least one instant win
9.6%
1 in 10
10 winning tickets across the full pool
The important parts
Four rules to remember
Main-draw odds settle at close
Before close, nobody knows the final number of eligible entries. The published maximum gives the longest possible odds; if the competition closes with fewer entries, each ticket’s final chance is better.
Instant wins are fixed positions
Winning ticket positions are distributed across the full pool before launch and committed so they cannot be moved after sales begin. As tickets are issued, those positions may be revealed.
Odds are not a promise
Buying more entries raises probability, but random outcomes can never guarantee a prize. Set a budget, stay within it and only enter for entertainment.
A quick example
If a main draw closes with 1,000 eligible entries and you hold 10, your chance is 10 in 1,000: 1%, or 1 in 100. Ten entries are ten separate equal chances-not a guarantee. If that competition has 10 instant-win tickets across the same 1,000-ticket pool, the chance that your 10 tickets contain at least one instant win is slightly under 10% because tickets are allocated without replacement.