Every competition can be entered free by post. No purchase is needed, and a postal ticket has exactly the same chances as a bought one.
Enter by post in four steps
Write a card
Your name, your Hoardsy username or email, the competition and a reference of your own.
Post it
First or second class. One entry per envelope.
Beat the close
It must arrive before the competition’s published closing time.
Get your ticket
Each accepted letter adds one ticket to your account, with the same chances as a bought one.
Where to send your letter
The postal address appears here, and on each draw’s page, before paid entries open. Until then there is nothing to buy and nothing to post.
What to write
- Full name
- 1Sam Taylor
- Username or account email
- 2SamT_2209
- Competition
- 3Christmas Drop
- Your own reference
- 4ST251226
Send toOur postal entry address, printed on this page before paid entries open.
- Your full name.
- Your Hoardsy username, or the email address on your account.
- The name of the competition.
- A reference of your own on the card, 6 to 64 letters or numbers (for example your initials and a number). It lets you find your card on the public record.
One entry per envelope. You can send as many envelopes as you like, each posted separately.
Equal chances
A postal ticket has the same chances as a bought one. Same instant prizes, same end-draw chance.
Each accepted letter adds one ticket to your account. A postal ticket has the same chances, the same instant prizes, and the same end-draw chance as a ticket bought at that competition’s ticket price. The entry is confirmed and locked before a later public number decides its result. The saved result appears in My entries.
Timing
A letter must arrive before the competition’s published closing time. Hoardsy records the time each letter arrives, so post early.
Find your free postal entry
Posted a card? Type the reference you wrote on it. We show the date it arrived, when we logged it and whether that was before the public random number that picks the winner existed.
Who can enter
Accepted
- 18 or overAnd living in England, Scotland or Wales.
- A Hoardsy accountThat passes the same eligibility checks as a paid entry.
- On timeArrived before the published close.
Not accepted
- Unreadable or incompleteLetters missing any of the four details.
- Bulk or automatedLetters sent by a bulk or automated service.
- LateLetters that arrive after the close. Hoardsy does not return letters.
Read the terms for the full wording, or the guide to free postal entry.
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Choose a draw or an instant game. Every prize and its chance is on the page before you enter.
18+, Great Britain only. Free postal entry on every competition.
