7days Performance vs R Kings Competitions — 7days edges it for most punters

7days Performance takes this by a nose — higher overall (8.2 vs 7.8), stronger transparency (7.8 vs 6.9) and the cheapest tickets at £0.02. R Kings still wins if you crave more live-draw buzz and broader payment options.

Scoreboard: who’s ahead on the cards?

Overall: 7days 8.2 vs R Kings 7.8 — edge to 7days. Variety: 9.2 vs 8.8 — 7days again. Transparency: 7.8 vs 6.9 — clear 7days win. Service: 8.3 vs 7.9 — 7days by a bit. Site: 8.2 vs 8.2 — dead heat. Trust index: 50 vs 50 — level. Both founded 2018, both iOS & Android apps.

Tickets, value and your odds

Ticket ranges: 7days £0.02–£8.99; R Kings £0.25–£29.99. Value scores are tied at 7.4–7.4, but if you like micro-stakes fun, 7days’s 2p floor beats R Kings’s 25p. Both offer free postal and instant wins.

Odds? Both operators warn you in the small print of their own: 7days’s cons flag “very high entry caps” on some headline comps, and R Kings’s cons say “mega-draw caps can make odds long despite cheap tickets”. Call value a draw on score, with a nod to 7days if you want to stretch your quid the furthest.

Prizes, pace and the live buzz

Variety winner: 7days (9.2) over R Kings (8.8). 7days mixes Dream Home, cars and chunky instant-win scratch pots; R Kings packs cars, cash, tech and football trips.

Pace winner: 7days. It runs multiple evenings weekly around 9–10pm and says automated draws run daily, so there’s always something to fire at. R Kings draws per listing, typically 9–10pm.

Live-draw buzz winner: R Kings. It’s listing three live comps vs 7days’s one at the time we sampled, and “live draw” is referenced on their RNG/auto setup. If you want more shows, R Kings is the shop window.

Transparency and fairness

7days is stronger here on numbers and detail: Transparency 7.8 vs R Kings’s 6.9. 7days explains its draws clearly, does some live on Facebook/YouTube, and uses a GLI‑certified RNG for automated draws. R Kings lists RNG/auto with live draw referenced, but its cons note “Some Trustpilot comments question instant-win transparency”.

Trust index is 50–50, so neither gets a halo there.

Paying, apps and polish

Payments winner: R Kings. It lists Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal. 7days simply says credit/debit card at checkout, no brands.

Apps: both on iOS & Android — tie. Site score: 8.2 vs 8.2 — tie. Service score: 7days 8.3 vs R Kings 7.9 — 7days pays out fast per its pros and edges the customer experience on our numbers.

Split verdict: pick your operator

• Pick 7days Performance if you want low‑cost, high‑frequency action (best_for: “Low‑cost high‑frequency draws”), the sharpest scores overall (8.2) and transparency (7.8), plus the absolute cheapest tickets at £0.02.
• Pick R Kings Competitions if you’re a cars‑and‑cash hunter (best_for: “Cars, cash, instant wins”), you like more live‑draw buzz (3 live comps vs 1), and you want flexible payments including Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal.