BOTB Review: Is It Legit?

Quick verdict

BOTB is a UK prize competition operator listed in Competition Showroom's verified directory. We track their live draws in real time.

About BOTB

BOTB (Best of the Best) runs weekly dream-car competitions where you guess the closest price to win. Unlike traditional UK prize draws with fixed ticket counts and pre-calculable odds, BOTB uses a skill-based closest-guess format, which classifies it as a competition rather than a lottery under the Gambling Act 2005. BOTB is one of the UK's most well-known and longest-running competition brands, with a strong track record of verified winners.

Is BOTB gambling?

No — BOTB is not classified as gambling under UK law. The Gambling Act 2005 distinguishes between a lottery (purely chance-based) and a prize competition (requires an element of skill). BOTB's core mechanic — guessing the closest price of a car — introduces a genuine skill element, which means it operates as a legal prize competition, not a lottery or a form of gambling.

BOTB also offers a Lucky Dip option for those who prefer not to make a skill-based guess. This entry route is also legal because BOTB provides a free postal entry method, satisfying the alternative requirement under the Act.

How do BOTB odds work?

Unlike traditional UK prize draw sites — where you buy numbered tickets from a fixed pool and your odds are simply 1 in [total tickets] — BOTB's odds depend on how many people enter that specific week's competition with a guess close to yours. There is no fixed ticket cap.

This means you cannot calculate your exact BOTB odds in advance the way you can with traditional draws. Your chance of winning depends on both how many total entrants there are and how unique your price guess is. Historically, BOTB competitions attract thousands of entries per week, which puts the real-world odds in the same ballpark as large traditional prize draws — but without the transparency of a published ticket count.

If knowing your exact odds before you enter matters to you, traditional UK draw sites (tracked across Competition Showroom) publish their total ticket counts — so you can calculate precise win probability with our odds calculator.

BOTB alternatives — UK competition sites with published odds

BOTB is unique in the UK market because of its skill-based format. If you prefer competitions where you can see the exact number of tickets, calculate your odds, and compare value across operators before entering, the sites below offer traditional prize draws with full transparency:

• Car competitions — see the best-value UK car competitions, ranked live by Value Ratio
• Cash competitions — browse cash prize draws with published ticket counts
• All categories — filter the full live Showroom by prize type, price, and odds

Use the odds calculator to compare any draw's real win probability before buying tickets.

BOTB draw format and winners

BOTB draw results are announced weekly, typically on a Tuesday, via their live social media streams. The winner is the entrant whose price guess is closest to the target car's true value. BOTB has been operating since 1999 and has a long and well-documented history of genuine verified winners, making it one of the most established and trusted names in the UK competition space.

How we know BOTB is legitimate

UK prize competition operators must comply with the Gambling Act 2005, which requires either a genuine element of skill or a free postal entry route on equivalent terms to be classified as a legal prize competition rather than an illegal lottery. BOTB operates publicly at botb.com and we are able to reliably surface their live competition data — which is the prerequisite for inclusion in our directory.

Before entering any UK prize competition, we recommend you check the operator's terms and conditions for: their free postal entry route, their draw method (typically live on social media), and historical winners. See our FAQ for more on UK competition site legitimacy.

Live BOTB competitions

These are the 20 BOTB draws we're currently tracking. View all on the live aggregator →

• Almost Over! Win A Ford Transit Custom Van Worth £45,000!£0.05
• £800 Tax Free Cash for just 1p!£0.01
• £1,500 Tax Free Cash!£0.02
• 750 Dream House Tickets!£0.01
• Mystery Cash Prize!£0.19
• 300 Dream House Tickets!!£0.01
• 500 Dream House Tickets!!£0.49
• 500 Dream House Tickets for 1p!!£0.01
• 750 Dream House Tickets for 39p!!£0.39
• £2,250 Tax Free Cash!£0.05