How It Works
Millbrook Giveaways runs skill-based prize competitions — legal, fair, and transparent. Here's everything you need to know.
Choose a Competition
Browse our active competitions and pick a prize you want to win. Each competition shows the ticket price, how many tickets remain, and the closing date.
Answer the Skill Question
To enter, you must correctly answer a simple skill question — for example "What is 12 × 12?". This is a legal requirement that distinguishes us from gambling. Get it right and your entry is valid.
Choose Your Tickets
Pick how many tickets you want (up to the per-person limit). More tickets means more chances to win. Each ticket is assigned a unique sequential number.
Pay Securely
Complete checkout via Stripe — the same payment technology used by millions of businesses worldwide. Your card details are never stored on our servers.
Receive Your Confirmation
You'll receive an email confirmation with your ticket numbers. You can also view your entries at any time in your account dashboard.
The Draw
Once the competition closes (or all tickets sell out), we run a provably fair draw. A random seed is generated, SHA-256 hashed with all entry data, and the winner is selected. The seed and hash are stored publicly so anyone can verify the result.
Free Postal Entry
UK law requires us to offer a free route of entry. You can enter any competition by post — no purchase necessary. Your postal entry has exactly the same chance of winning as a paid entry.
Learn About Free Entry →Provably Fair Draws
We use a verifiable random selection process. Here's exactly how it works:
- When the draw runs, a random UUID is generated as the seed.
- The seed is combined with the competition ID and all entry IDs in a consistent string.
- This string is hashed using SHA-256.
- The first 8 hex characters of the hash are converted to a number.
- That number, modulo the total entry count, gives the winning index.
- The seed, hash, and winning ticket are stored permanently on our servers.
Because we publish the seed and hash, anyone can independently verify that the winner was selected fairly. We cannot change the result after entries close.