How to Cash in on Free Lottery Websites
If you’re looking for a fun and free way to boost your income, free lottery websites are definitely worth a look.
These sites offer the opportunity to enter free daily or (less often) weekly draws, with the prizes financed by advertising revenue. You simply register for each site and enter the details required, whether it’s your postcode, your birthdate, a set of emojis, or whatever. Then all you have to do is check them every day to see if you have won.
At one time there seemed to be dozens of these sites. Some have closed over the last year or two, but there are still a number around. The following will get you started…:
The Emoji Lottery (currently paused prior to a relaunch)
Some of these lotteries offer incentives for introducing new players. These vary, but typically include extra bonuses if you win. Disclosure: some of the links above include my personal referral code.
The first in the list, Pick My Postcode, is my clear favourite. They offer multiple chances to win each day – and in the days when they were called Free Postcode Lottery I was lucky enough to win it!
Pick My Postcode also have the largest prizes. The main daily prize – which I won – can be over £1,000. When I had my win, the prize was £1,200, though as one other person in my postcode area also claimed, the prize was split between us. So I got £600 plus a small bonus – not a life-changing amount, but certainly a day-changing one 😀
There are plenty of smaller prizes on Pick My Postcode as well, from £10 upwards. If you don’t do any of the other free online lotteries, at least do this one 🙂
With most free lottery sites you have to go back to them daily to see whether you have won. Personally I use a Firefox add-on called Morning Coffee which lets you save a list of sites and open them all with a single action. I can then quickly check them all. This takes five minutes at most, so it isn’t a big chunk out of my day.
Good luck with your free online lottery entries. If you have any comments or questions, please post them below (likewise if you know of any other free online lotteries). And if you have any big wins yourself, I’d love to hear about them!
This is a fully updated repost of my original article on this subject published in January 2017.
September 1, 2019 @ 4:13 pm
Well done on your win! I’ve been playing Free Postcode Lotto & Free Birthdate Lotto for around 2 years (and emoji lottery for a year); all I’ve noticed so far is I get stressy if I go a day without checking, thinking ‘that could have been the day!’ I’ve not won a penny yet… 😂 For free, it’s worth a shot! x
September 2, 2019 @ 7:23 am
Thanks, Caz. Yes, that’s how these sites work, of course 🙂 But based on my experience, it’s definitely worth doing. I hope you have a slice of luck of your own soon. 🙂
September 4, 2019 @ 5:49 pm
I have a regular flutter on the lottery, though their seems to be an ever increasing number of lotteries advertised now, whether that’s those from charities or singing winners holding big cheques. I don’t suppose that there is anything to lose in playing these especially with the winnings coming from support ad revenue, though guess I’m like many that feel sceptical about something for nothing.
September 4, 2019 @ 6:29 pm
Thanks for your comment, David. Obviously my experience of winning the Free Postcode Lottery has made me view free lotteries in a more favourable light. I know from direct personal experience that people do win these lotteries and receive the advertised prizes. Of course, the prizes aren’t as big as the paid-for lotteries, but there is no cost either (apart from your time). That’s why I still check them most days, whereas I haven’t entered the National Lottery since the very first draw!