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Terms

The rules for buying a ticket. Last updated November 2026.

1. Who runs this

Next Big Draw is run by Next Big Draw in Kenya. “We” and “us” mean Next Big Draw. Buying a ticket means you accept these terms.

2. Who can enter

• You must be 18 or older.
• You must live in Kenya and have a phone number that can receive M-Pesa prompts.
• You must be able to show a national ID or passport in the name on your order.
• Our staff and their close family cannot enter.

3. How a round works

Each round has one prize, a fixed number of tickets and one ticket price. All three are set before sales open and they do not change while the round is running. Every ticket is one chance to win. You can buy more than one ticket and you can place more than one order.

4. Paying for tickets

You pay with M-Pesa. We hold your tickets for 5 minutes while you pay. Your ticket numbers are issued when M-Pesa confirms the payment. We send them to your phone and your email.

If your payment arrives after the hold has ended, we issue tickets when enough are still free. If they are not, we refund the full amount to the M-Pesa number that paid. Once tickets are issued the sale is final and tickets cannot be returned or swapped.

5. The draw

The draw takes place after the last ticket in the round has sold. We post the date and time on the home page with a countdown. The winning ticket is picked at random by the method described on the fair draw page. The result is final.

6. If a round closes early

We may close a round before every ticket has sold. When we do, the draw runs among the tickets that were sold and the prize is still given away.

7. Winning

We call and text the winner on the phone number on their order. We also email them. The winner must show ID matching the name on the order before the prize is handed over.

We keep trying for 14 days. If the winner still cannot be reached or cannot prove who they are, they lose the prize and we announce on this site what happens to it.

8. The prize

The prize is the item described on the round page. It is new. There is no cash alternative. If that exact item cannot be bought when the round ends, we give one of equal or higher value. We arrange the handover with the winner inside Kenya. The maker's warranty applies and we do not add our own.

9. Photos and video

Before you pay you agree to this: “If I win, I agree to be photographed and filmed receiving my prize and to Next Big Draw posting it on its social media pages.”

We also publish the winner's first name, the first letter of their last name and their town or area on this site. We do not publish phone numbers, email addresses or full names.

10. Accounts, votes and wishes

Voting and the wish wall need an account. One person may hold one account. Votes guide what we draw next but the final choice of prize is ours. We remove wishes that are abusive, off topic or advertising and we can close accounts that break these rules.

11. Fair play

We can cancel tickets bought through fraud, with someone else's money or by automated tools. If a payment is reversed, the tickets bought with it are cancelled.

12. If something goes wrong

If a technical fault stops a round from being run fairly, we can pause it or cancel it. If we cancel a round, every ticket in it is refunded in full. Beyond that refund we are not liable for losses caused by network, M-Pesa or device problems outside our control. Nothing here removes rights the law gives you.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. A round is always run under the terms that were published when it opened.

14. Law

These terms are governed by the laws of Kenya.