Rules & Eligibility

Check these criteria before you enter. If you don't meet them, your entry is void, even if you have paid.

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Who can enter

  • You are 18 or over on the day you enter.
  • You live in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland) and have a UK postal address. Residents of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and countries outside the UK can't enter.
  • You have one Forté Prizes account in your own name, with a valid email address and mobile number.
  • You enter for yourself, using your own payment card.

Who can't enter

  • Anyone under 18.
  • Anyone who does not live in the UK.
  • Employees, directors and agents of Forté Prizes, and their immediate families and households.
  • Members of any judging panel, our independent draw supervisor, and their households.
  • Anyone whose account is suspended or closed, including through our safer play tools.
  • Anyone acting for a business, a group or a syndicate.

How we check

What we checkHowWhen
Age (18+)Date of birth on arrival and at checkout. Electronic age check against public records when you create an account.Before your first entry
Identity and addressPhoto ID (passport or driving licence) and a recent bill or bank statementBefore any prize is awarded, or at any time if we have concerns
ResidencyUK postal address, matched to your payment cardAt checkout and at verification
Entry limitsPaid and postal entries counted together per personEvery entry
SpendingYour monthly limit and the credit card capEvery checkout

Entry limits

  • Maximum entries per person for each competition, paid and postal combined.
  • Default monthly spending limit of , which you can lower at any time, including to £0.
  • Credit card payments are capped at per month.
  • One account per person, per household address and per payment card.

The skill you need

Every competition needs real skill, knowledge or judgement. We set questions so that a significant proportion of people would get them wrong, and keep records of how each question was set and how many entrants answered correctly.

  • Spot the Ball: you judge where the ball is from the players' body positions, eye lines and movement. Closest to the judges' position wins.
  • Skill question: only correct answers are entered into the draw.

See How winners are chosen for the full method.

How to enter

  1. Read the prize details, closing time, maximum entries and these rules.
  2. Play Spot the Ball or answer the skill question.
  3. Confirm your age and accept the terms at checkout.
  4. Or enter for free by post. See Free Postal Entry.

When an entry is void

  • You are not eligible, or you gave false information.
  • Your skill question answer is incorrect (the entry is not entered into the draw).
  • The entry arrives after the closing time.
  • The entry goes over the per-person limit.
  • A postal entry is incomplete, illegible, or sent in a way that needs a signature or payment.