FairShout.co.uk
Find UK prize draws that are still under-sold —
where your odds are at their best and the late rush hasn't hit yet.
buys you — tickets in the top-ranked draw.
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What do these mean?
No draws match that filter right now.
How the numbers work
Set your stake. We work out how many tickets that buys at each draw's price. Your odds now are simply your tickets divided by the tickets sold so far — the real chance you'd win if the draw were pulled this second.
Your odds if sold out are the same sum against the full ticket cap instead. That's the floor — your odds can't dilute below it. Most draws never actually fill, so your real chance at draw time lands somewhere between the two.
The Shout rating tells you whether the draw is still catching up to its audience. Top Shout = under-sold for its prize size; room to get in while your odds are good. Poor Shout = the pool is well above the prize. Think of it as a timing signal, not a verdict on the operator.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fair Shout free to use?
Yes. Fair Shout is completely free — no signup, no paywall, no ads. We don't take payment from the operators we rank, which is how we keep the "Shout" rating honest. Longer-term we may add affiliate links to operators with whom we have a formal partnership; the rankings themselves will still be based on the maths, not the partnership.
How is a UK prize competition different from a lottery?
Lotteries are regulated gambling products requiring a Gambling Commission licence. Prize competitions are a legally distinct category under the UK Gambling Act 2005 — legal without a gambling licence if they include a genuine element of skill (that's what the quiz question on every entry form is for). In practice you enter the same way: buy a ticket, answer the question, hope your number comes up. Full explainer in our guide to how UK prize competitions work.
How often does Fair Shout update its data?
Adaptively. Draws closing within the hour are re-checked every 3 minutes; the day before close, every 30 minutes; further out, every 2 hours. The site also polls the server every couple of minutes so whatever you're looking at is current to within a handful of minutes. Detail on the refresh cadence in why ticket counts change.
Why aren't BOTB, Rev Comps, or Giveaway Guys on the leaderboard?
Three reasons. BOTB deliberately hides live ticket counts, so computing your odds is impossible without estimation — we don't show guesswork as "live data". Rev Comps and Giveaway Guys render their pages in the browser rather than serving the numbers in the HTML, which means we'd need to run a full browser simulator to scrape them — technically doable but we haven't committed the engineering to it yet. We'd rather show fewer operators well than many operators badly.
Can Fair Shout help me pick a winning ticket?
No. Fair Shout doesn't predict winners — that's random and nobody can. What we do is tell you which draws are better deals on average: how much prize value you get back per pound staked, across many plays. A Top Shout ticket still loses most of the time. It just loses less, on average, than a Poor Shout ticket. Treat it as a fairness meter, not a crystal ball. More on this in odds vs luck.
Who's behind Fair Shout?
Fair Shout is built by MARANOX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, a small UK/Ireland software team. We're independent — no affiliation with any of the competition operators we cover. Feedback and corrections are welcome; see the footer for contact details.