Quids In Comps: where the winning tickets fall
The site's own completed-competitions page lists 127 draws with the tickets sold and the winning ticket numbers. On the large competitions, the winners sit almost entirely among the first tickets sold.
What the site says about its draws
"Winners are selected using a certified random number generator from the pool of all valid entries." (Terms, section 7.1, dated 4 November 2026)
"Certified RNG: We use cryptographically secure random selection" and "every valid entry, whether free or paid, has an identical chance of being selected." (How Winners Are Chosen page)
What the results show
Position is the winning ticket number divided by the tickets sold. Expected figures assume each winning ticket is equally likely to be any ticket sold.
| Competitions by tickets sold | Draws | Winning tickets | In first 2% (expected) | In first 10% (expected) | Median position | Chance of the first-2% count under a fair draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50,000 or more | 24 | 60 | 43 (1.2) | 56 (6.0) | 1.1% | about 1 in 1059 |
| 15,000 to 49,999 | 30 | 67 | 14 (1.3) | 38 (6.7) | 8.7% | about 1 in 1010 |
| Under 15,000 | 73 | 107 | 1 (2.1) | 11 (10.7) | 60% | consistent with a fair draw |
Examples
| Competition | End date | Sold / maximum | Winning tickets | Chance all winners sit this low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months of the Year | 29 Oct 2026 | 100,000 / 100,000 | #2, #8, #128, #628, #855 | 1 in 20 billion |
| Lucky 3s | 22 Oct 2026 | 750,000 / 750,000 | #62, #154, #1417, #1437, #1467 | 1 in 30 trillion |
| Penny for the Guy | 6 Nov 2026 | 650,620 / 900,000 | #5865, #6178, #6668, #7095, #7846 | 1 in 4 billion |
| Counting Sheep | 19 Sep 2026 | 75,000 / 75,000 | #279, #620, #941, #1165 | 1 in 17 million |
| Penny Piggy Bank | 7 Aug 2026 | 950,000 / 950,000 | #300 | 1 in 3,000 |
| Spooky Cash Wins | 27 Oct 2026 | 220,907 / 400,000 | #31 | 1 in 7,000 |
| In for a Penny | 20 Oct 2026 | 989,781 / 1,000,000 | #1637 | 1 in 600 |
On the site's smaller competitions the winning numbers are spread across the range as a fair draw produces, and in 31 cases the winning number is higher than the number of tickets sold, so ticket numbers are not simply issued in order. Measured against the maximum ticket number instead, the probabilities above get smaller. The pattern grows with the size of the competition.
What this shows, and what it does not
The published winning tickets on the large competitions are not consistent with a random draw over all the tickets sold. Whatever the cause, a ticket bought after the first few thousand in those competitions had almost no chance of winning the main prize.
The data cannot say why. A draw routine that only reads the first page of entries from a database would leave exactly this mark, and so would a choice. The operator has been asked which, and this page will publish the answer.
Other things we noticed
- The site's software contains a "draw replay" that shows a seed string and shuffles ticket numbers from that seed. No independent verification of the draw, and no published certificate for the RNG, could be found.
- The live winners feed labels some instant-win awards "Manual", meaning staff can award an instant prize by hand.
- Terms section 7.2 reserves the right to extend end dates where fewer than all tickets have sold.
Timeline
- 8 November 2026: results captured and archived; operator emailed with the figures and asked how the draw is run.
- Response: awaited. It will be published here in full.