Free monthly draw: terms

1. Who runs it

The promoter is [promoter name to follow], trading as DrawHawk, of Shernden Manor, Shernden Lane, Marsh Green, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 5PS ("we", "us").

Contact us at hello@drawhawk.com about anything in these terms.

2. No purchase necessary

Our free monthly draw is free to enter. No entry route involves paying anything, buying anything or spending money with any competition site. You never need to enter any other competition to enter this one.

This is the only competition DrawHawk runs. We don't run paid competitions.

3. Who can enter

You can enter if you're 18 or over, live in the UK, and have a DrawHawk account.

You can't enter if you're one of the people who run DrawHawk, a member of their immediate family or household, or anyone else involved in running the draw. If we find out a winner wasn't eligible, we'll redraw.

One account per person, so one free entry per person a month. Entries from more than one account for the same person don't count.

4. How to enter

Each month has its own draw. Everyone with a verified DrawHawk account (signed in at least once with the code we email) when the draw closes is entered automatically, with one free entry. There's nothing to tap.

Plus (our paid add-on) doesn't change any of this: Plus and free players get exactly the same entries.

You can also earn up to 10 bonus entries a month by doing things that help other players: completing your profile, reviewing a site you've used (1 entry per review, up to 2), confirming a draw result, logging 3 entries in the month, answering the monthly survey, voting for next month's prize, inviting friends who join and finish setting up (1 entry for you and 1 for them, up to 3), and logging a win. Bonus entries count once you have your free entry, which every eligible account has.

Bonus entries never depend on what you say (a good or bad review, any survey answer or vote) or on how much you spend anywhere. Each one is free.

Every entry has the same chance of being drawn.

5. Opening and closing times

Each draw opens at 00:00 UK time on the first day of the month and closes at 23:59:59 UK time on the last day, unless /free-draw shows different times for that month. Entries after the close don't count.

6. How the winner is chosen

After the close, we lock the entries: we list every entry by its entry id, one per line, sorted A to Z, and publish the list's SHA-256 hash on /free-draw.

We then make a random 256-bit seed with a cryptographic random number generator. We read the seed as one whole number, divide it by the number of entries and take the remainder. The entry on that line of the list (counting the first line as 0) wins.

We publish the seed, the method and the entries list (entry ids only, no names or emails), so anyone can check the result. The draw is recorded in our audit log.

The draw usually happens within 2 working days of the close.

7. Telling the winner, and claiming

We email the winner at the address on their DrawHawk account within 2 working days of the draw. We'll never ask the winner to pay anything, or for any password, to get a prize.

The winner has 14 days from our email to reply and claim. If they don't, or can't be reached, or aren't eligible, we redraw using the same method with their entries taken out. The earlier result stays published.

We may ask for reasonable proof of age, identity and UK address before handing over the prize.

8. The prize

The prize changes each month and is shown on /free-draw before the draw opens. Where a cash alternative is shown, the winner can choose it instead.

We'll deliver the prize (or pay the cash alternative) within 28 days of the winner claiming it. If a prize becomes unavailable for reasons outside our control, we'll offer one of equal or greater value.

Prizes can't be transferred or swapped for anything else except the cash alternative shown.

9. Publicity is optional

Winners don't have to take part in any publicity. With the winner's permission, we show their first name, town, the month and the prize on /free-draw. They can ask us to remove it at any time.

10. Your data

We use your account details to run the draw, check eligibility and contact the winner, as set out in our privacy notice (drawhawk.com/privacy).

Survey answers and votes are only ever used in combined, anonymous form. We never sell or share your personal details.

11. Other things

We can cancel, pause or change a draw if something outside our control means it can't run fairly (for example, fraud or a technical fault). If we do, we'll say so on /free-draw.

We can disqualify entries we reasonably believe were made by cheating, by automated means, or in breach of these terms.

Nothing in these terms limits your rights under UK consumer law.

12. Law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales can hear any dispute.