Information on spot the Ball Competitions

Finding the best Spot the ball competitions

Players can enter spot the ball competitions online, in newspapers and magazines. Spot the ball competitions are a test of skill where entrants find a missing ball. Many free prize draws and competitions determine the winner or winners using Spot the ball game process.

How do you find the best odds? How do you find the spot the ball competitions with the best chance of winning the competition?:

• Estimate the number of entries in the competition: Get a feel for the amount of entries that the competitions have. For starters if the spot the ball is using a grid system is is more likely that there will be a lot of ties or less entries to that spot the ball competition. Look at the size of the image and its resolution. The bigger the image the more competition entries it can handle.
• Are the competitions multi link to other websites: This is crucial, you need to find out if the competition entries are in effect pooled together. Many free spot the ball competitions pool the entries from multiple websites and even from press and magazine entries into one big entry pool. For popular items such as win a car or win a holiday style competitions you can have as many as 1,000,000 competition entries or more.
• When does the spot the ball competition close? The amount of time the competition is left open is essential. Unless the spot the ball competition or prize draw specifically limits the number of entries, the competition will close at a fixed time. Often you will need to look at the terms and conditions of the competition to determine when that competition or prize draw closes. Don’t forget to also look at when the winner is determined. Many competitions can remain open from anywhere between 6 to 22 months, that’s almost 2 years.
• Read the small print and the terms and conditions: Value in the spot the ball competition can be found in the prize the winner gets. Sometimes the competition odds are worth the prize that is on offer… or is it? The prize advertised in the competition or prize draw is not always what the winner will receive. Read the small print and see for yourself, most Free spot the ball competitions and free prize draws will never guarantee a prize, but most importantly will actually give a list of the possible alternative prizes that the winner will receive. Often enough they are not the one that was shown.
• What is the value of the prize? The greater the value of the prize the worse the odds of winning the online spot the ball competition or prize draw. But there are significant differences from competition to competition. This holds especially true for free competitions and prize draws. A simple £16,000 win a Toyota Prius competition can have odds of 1 in 4,010,000. Remember that according to the bbc, your chances of being struck by lightning are 1 in 3,000,000.
• Are public limits set on the number entries? This is counter intuitive to the profitability of online competitions. Why would you want to set a limit on the number of entries. The key to most competitions is to either take in as many paying competition entries or to have as many possible free prize draw entries. So why would you limit the number of entries to a spot the ball competition? Some do and they are very rare. The competition websites that operate limited entry competitions want to have as many competition winners as possible and generally offer the best chances of winning a competition due to the limited amount of entries.
• Is the competition limited in time? Look for the time limit of a competition. If it is easy to find and the closing time of a competition is put up front then it is a good competition or prize draw to enter. If you can’t find it, then it is buried in the terms and conditions and you can bet that that prize draw will be running for a very long time reducing the player odds and chance to win.
• Is it a spree spot the ball competition? Free spot the ball competitions and free prize draws will always have more entries and will always offer worse odds of winning. Nothing is free and free prize draws and free online competitions want one thing, your personal information. The personal information gathered this way is called lead generation and leads are sold sometimes for more then £10 a pop, that means that many businesses are making money on your personal information.
• Look at previous winners? How many previous winners are there, are you having a hard time finding the winners of previous spot the ball competitions?