Win £500 Headphones + £5,700+ Instant Wins
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What the numbers mean
At £0.49 a ticket across 19,999 tickets, this draw has a Value Ratio of 1.61 — great value. A full sellout returns £9,800 against a stated prize value of £6,100.
Based on tickets sold so far, the current Value Ratio is 0.16 — about £980 taken to date. An undersold draw closing soon is where the real odds advantage sits, which is what our value ranking is built to surface.
Performance Prizes caps entries at 250 tickets per person on this draw. Use the odds calculator to work out your real win probability for any number of tickets.
How it compares
In our latest weekly comparison, this draw placed 45th of 311 live instant win competitions on Value Ratio, ahead of 266 of them. Full ranking, updated daily: Instant win competitions.
Prize details from Performance Prizes
Win £500 Headphones + £5,700+ of Instant Wins
From AirPods Max and premium Bose headphones to Powerbeats and Shokz built for training, this is our biggest audio competition yet.
Every 49p ticket gives you two ways to win. You could reveal an instant prize as soon as you enter, and every valid ticket stays in the guaranteed final draw—even if it has already won instantly.
£5,700+ of instant wins
There are 200 instant wins available across the competition, including:
- 20 premium headphone, earbud and open-ear audio prizes
- £910 in Performance Prizes site credit
- Products from Apple, Sony, Bose, Beats, Shokz, JBL and Soundcore
Instant-win prizes include AirPods Max 2, Sony WH-1000XM6, Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones, Powerbeats Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, Shokz OpenFit Pro and plenty more.
Your ticket will reveal immediately whether you have secured an instant win.
Guaranteed final draw
Every valid ticket – including tickets that have already won an instant prize—will also remain entered into the guaranteed final draw.
One final winner will receive their choice of one new pair of headphones or earbuds up to a maximum purchase price of £500 from an approved UK retailer.
Choose from brands such as Apple, Sony, Bose, Beats, Shokz and more, subject to availability—or take the £400 cash alternative instead.
Any unused part of the £500 prize allowance will not be paid separately, and the prize cannot be split between multiple products.
Competition details
- Entry price: £0.49
- Total tickets: 19,999
- Maximum entries: 250 per person
- 200 instant wins
- 20 different headphone prizes
- £910 in site-credit instant wins
- Approximately 1 in 100 chance of an instant win
- Guaranteed £500 headphones-choice final draw or £400 cash
- Auto draw: Sunday 30 August 2026 at 10:15pm
- Draw guaranteed regardless of ticket sales
- We may be able to offer a cash alternative to the prize if stated below
Headphones available to win instantly
- Apple AirPods Max 2 (cash alt: £400)
- Sony WH-1000XM6 (cash alt: £320)
- Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) (cash alt: £280)
- Powerbeats Pro 2 (cash alt: £200)
- Sony WF-1000XM6 (cash alt: £200)
- Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) (cash alt: £185)
- Shokz OpenFit Pro (cash alt: £175)
- Apple AirPods Pro 3 (cash alt: £175)
- JBL Tour Pro 3 (cash alt: £160)
- Powerbeats Fit (cash alt: £160)
- Bose Ultra Open Earbuds (cash alt: £160)
- Shokz OpenSwim Pro (cash alt: £160)
- Sony LinkBuds Clip (cash alt: £140)
- Shokz OpenFit 2+ (cash alt: £140)
- Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 (cash alt: N/A)
- Apple AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation (cash alt: £135)
- Sony LinkBuds Fit (cash alt: £100)
- Sony ULT Wear (cash alt: £100)
- JBL Endurance Zone (cash alt: £80)
- Soundcore Sport X20 (cash alt: £75)
Every headphone instant win awards the exact named product shown. The winner may select their preferred colour where stock allows.
Site-credit instant wins
- 2 × £50 site credit
- 8 × £20 site credit
- 20 × £10 site credit
- 50 × £5 site credit
- 100 × £2 site credit
Site credit will be added directly to the winner’s Performance Prizes account and can be used towards future competition entries. Site credit cannot be withdrawn, transferred or exchanged for cash.
Pick your tickets, reveal your result instantly and stay in the draw for the £500 final prize.
Description as published by the operator. Always check their own terms, draw date and free postal entry route before entering.
Is Performance Prizes legit?
Performance Prizes is listed in Competition Showroom's verified operator directory, which means we can reliably surface their live ticket counts and prize values. UK prize competitions must offer either a genuine element of skill or a free postal entry route to stay legal under the Gambling Act 2005. Read our full Performance Prizes review →
