Pick my Postcode

libra10

This morning I received an email from Expert Home Tips, about the postcode lottery site at https://pickmypostcode.com/
Just wondered whether anyone knew anything about the site, whether it is worth posting?
I did a search but couldn't find anything.

mmm_wine

they used to be called free postcode lottery which was posted on here some years ago

mjm3346

Pickmypostcode was previously known as free post code lottery and is already posted about in chat, competitions time and the main MSE site.

mjm3346

The competition thread
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3295466/e-00-00-daily-check-500-pick-my-postcode/p11

one of the chat threads
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5118250/free-postcode-lottery-pick-my-postcode-thread

one of the posts on the main site (it's also been featured more than once in the weekly MSE e-mail)

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/pick-my-postcode/

libra10

Thanks for information.  I hadn't realised it was the same website.

mjm3346

libra10 said:

Thanks for information.  I hadn't realised it was the same website.

Sadly they were forced to change their name under threat of legal action by the peoples postcode lottery on the basis that people might have confused the 2 sites!

libra10

Thanks mjm3346, I used to be a member of the free postcode lottery site, but gave up after a while.  Don't think I will bother registering.

dobbiesloan

I gave up on this lot, it said I had £14 in my bonus pot. I asked them how I can get it and was told I had to win my own money.  There must be 1000's that do this so I asked them how much was in our bonus pots and was told it was non-existent. Once when a post code near me came up I found it was a back street with only commercial building backing on to it. 

mjm3346

dobbiesloan said:

I gave up on this lot, it said I had £14 in my bonus pot. I asked them how I can get it and was told I had to win my own money.  There must be 1000's that do this so I asked them how much was in our bonus pots and was told it was non-existent. Once when a post code near me came up I found it was a back street with only commercial building backing on to it. 

The bonus accumulates from just checking the draws (about £11 a year) and you can add to that by answering surveys, taking up offers etc. It is paid with almost all of the draws if you win but it doesn't reset once paid and it continues to build so it would be even bigger if you won again.
You are free to choose any postcode it doesn't have to be your own - choosing one with more than one player increases the chances of winning but means sharing or needing to be first for the stackpot and evening draw (someone else started playing with the postcode I was using so I switched to one that didn't have anyone else). Only registered postcodes are drawn and it states how many potential winners there are each time..
It takes a minute to check the main draws with a minimum £650 on offer (over £3,000 the other day) - given it takes so little time to check I cannot see any reason not to play (my 3 figure winnings were paid within 48 hrs)  

SevenChakras

I think very highly of Pick My Postcode and have been registered with them since they started as Free Postcode Lottery in 2011. It really doesn't take much time to check the site each day. There are different draws at different times of the day, and I usually check at 9am, 12pm, 6pm and 9pm. You can find more info about these draws on their FAQ page. Unfortunately I haven't been lucky enough yet but someone in my family won a while back and their winnings plus bonus were paid into their Paypal account within a couple of days. For a free daily lottery, I highly recommend it.

mjm3346

SevenChakras said:

I think very highly of Pick My Postcode and have been registered with them since they started as Free Postcode Lottery in 2011. It really doesn't take much time to check the site each day. There are different draws at different times of the day, and I usually check at 9am, 12pm, 6pm and 9pm. You can find more info about these draws on their FAQ page. Unfortunately I haven't been lucky enough yet but someone in my family won a while back and their winnings plus bonus were paid into their Paypal account within a couple of days. For a free daily lottery, I highly recommend it.

If you make sure no one else uses the same postcode then you can get away with just 2 checks a day to catch all the results including the first come ones but even if there are others you do not need the 12 pm check as the draws added at that point are all shared unlike the ones at 9am, 6pm, and 9pm