Bit of a long one but bear with me.
A while back I entered a few competitions and started noticing something annoying, there was no easy way to tell whether a £0.99 ticket on one site was actually better value than a £2.50 ticket on another. The maths isn't obvious. A cheap ticket on a massive draw can be far worse odds than a pricier one with a small field.
On top of that I kept stumbling across sites I wasn't sure were legitimate. No clear draw process, no obvious track record of paying out, nothing. It was basically just vibes.
So I built something to fix both problems for myself, and then thought it might be useful to others here.
It's called Competition Showroom. It pulls together competitions from around 100 vetted UK sites and scores each one using what I call a Value Ratio, basically total ticket value divided by the cash alternative. The lower the number, the better the deal mathematically. It also only lists operators that do live draws with a verifiable payout history, so the dodgy ones don't make the cut.
No signup, no selling tickets and it's actually completely free to use.
Would genuinely love feedback from people who enter regularly, I am sure you will spot gaps I've missed.
Link: competitionshowroom.com