FREE SWEEPSTAKE APP
A Sweepstake App That Does the Work For You
The office sweepstake tin, digitised — no cash box, no spreadsheet, no chasing anyone for their pound.
Every workplace, pub and family WhatsApp group has run a sweepstake at some point — usually for the Grand National, sometimes for Cheltenham or the World Cup. Someone draws names out of a hat, someone else keeps track on a scrap of paper, and by the time the race is over nobody can quite agree who actually won. Own The League is a sweepstake app built to fix exactly that: it draws the names, tracks the real results, and settles the argument for you.
It's free to use, and it stays free — there's no stake, no entry fee, and no card details anywhere in the flow. You're not running a betting pool; you're running a for-fun sweepstake where the prize is bragging rights, and Own The League is built entirely around that idea.
Set one up in a couple of minutes: create a private league, share a join code with your group, and let everyone in before the off. Once the event starts, the app watches the real results and updates the leaderboard automatically, so there's no sweepstake slip to lose and no manual scoring at the end of the day.
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A sweepstake works best on events with a big field and a single dramatic finish — which is exactly why the Grand National is the sweepstake event in Britain. Own The League runs a dedicated Grand National sweepstake every April: a random draw hands each player their horses, and the leaderboard updates itself as the race is run.
The same format works brilliantly for the Cheltenham Festival and Royal Ascot, where a whole meeting of races gives a group several days to stay invested rather than one afternoon. And when the football World Cup comes round, the same free-to-play, join-code-and-go approach turns a month of matches into an office-wide competition without anyone needing to keep a wallchart pinned to the noticeboard.
Whichever event you're running it for, the mechanics stay the same: a private league, a join code, and scoring that happens automatically off the real result — so you can focus on the race, the round, or the match instead of the admin around it.
No more cash box, no more chasing people
Traditional sweepstakes have three recurring headaches: collecting money, keeping the draw fair, and totting up the result without an argument. Own The League removes all three at once. There's no money involved, so there's nothing to collect and nothing to argue about afterwards. The draw (where the format uses one) is handled by the app, not by someone's hand in a hat. And because scoring is pulled from real, live results, there's no manual maths and no room for a dispute about who actually won.
It also solves the problem of the person who ran the sweepstake going on holiday, changing jobs, or simply losing the spreadsheet. Your league lives on Own The League permanently — everyone can check the leaderboard whenever they like, from their phone, without needing to ask whoever's "in charge" of the sheet this year.
Free to run, whatever the size of your group
Whether it's four of you round a kitchen table or an entire office of fifty, the sweepstake app works the same way and costs the same amount — nothing. Create a private league, share the join code however your group communicates (WhatsApp, email, a printed QR code on the staff noticeboard), and let people join in their own time before picks close.
Because everything is free and there's no gambling element, it's also the sweepstake format that's safe to run at work without wading into any grey area around workplace betting pools — it's a prediction game for fun, not a stake-based bet.
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FAQ
Is Own The League really free to run a sweepstake on?
Yes, completely. There's no entry fee, no stake, and no payment details anywhere in the flow. You're playing for bragging rights, not money.
How does the sweepstake draw work?
For formats that use a random draw (like our Grand National Sweepstake), the app draws entries for you the moment your league is ready — no names in a hat, no chance of it being rigged, fair for everyone.
Which events can I run a sweepstake for?
Own The League runs dedicated sweepstake and prediction formats for the Grand National, the Cheltenham Festival, Royal Ascot and the World Cup, with more events added around the sporting calendar.
Do I need to collect money from people?
No. Own The League sweepstakes are free-to-play by design — there's no stake to collect, so nobody has to chase colleagues or friends for their entry fee.
How many people can join my sweepstake?
As many as you like. Create a private league, share the join code, and invite the whole office, pub or family group — it stays free at any size.
Who scores the sweepstake?
We do, automatically. Own The League tracks the real event results and updates the leaderboard as they happen, so there's no manual scoring and no arguments about the winner.
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