bet365 is running a series of free prize draws across the 2026/27 Champions League, giving account holders the chance to win pairs of tickets to matches through the competition. The company is the tournament’s Official Global Partner, and the giveaway runs as a separate ballot for each fixture rather than as one single draw.

What is on offer

The number of winners depends on which match you enter, and Spanish home fixtures are treated differently from everything else.

Match type	Winners	Prize
Spanish team home games	1	Pair of tickets
All other matches	3	Pair of tickets

Seats are allocated at random and the tickets cover entry only. Travel, accommodation, food and anything else on the day is down to you, which is worth factoring in before you enter a ballot for a fixture on the other side of Europe.

There is no cash alternative and no swapping. If you win tickets for a match you then cannot attend, that is the end of it, so it pays to only enter draws for games you would realistically travel to.

How to enter

Entry is free and no purchase is necessary. You do need a bet365 account, and it needs to be fully verified before a prize can be claimed, but you are not required to place a bet to take part.

You log in, go to the giveaway page, and click Enter on whichever match you want. Each fixture carries its own closing date, always 11.59pm UK time, and once that passes the draw for that match is shut.

You can enter one match per Match Week, though you can take part in as many Match Weeks as you like across the season. New fixtures appear as the competition goes on, so it is worth checking back rather than entering once and forgetting about it.

The published dates for the first two Match Weeks show how far ahead you need to be thinking.

Match week	Match dates	Ballot opens	Ballot closes
Match Week 1	8 to 10 September 2026	29 August 2026	31 August 2026
Match Week 2	13 to 14 October 2026	1 September 2026	30 September 2026

The Match Week 1 ballot has already closed. Entry shut on 31 August, more than a week before those fixtures are played, so it is no longer possible to get in on that one.

Match Week 2 is the draw currently open. It closes on 30 September for matches on 13 and 14 October, which gives you a month to enter but still means committing to a fixture six weeks before it is played. Later Match Weeks will be added as the competition goes on.

Winners are picked by random electronic draw and told by email within 30 days of the closing date, with the prizes handled by Octagon rather than by bet365 directly. The part that trips people up is what happens next, because you have 24 hours from that email to complete a web form and accept.

Miss it, or let the email sit in a spam folder, and another winner is drawn in your place. If you enter, it is worth keeping an eye on the inbox linked to your account.

A few other limits apply. Nobody can claim more than four prizes across the lifetime of the giveaway, entries have to be made personally rather than on someone else’s behalf, and anyone who has self-excluded or opted out of bet365 promotions is not eligible. Guests need to be over 18 as well.

The draw is shared across bet365’s international sites, so you are competing with entrants from other countries rather than just the UK. Full terms sit on the promotion page and are worth reading before you enter.

Our football section has the odds and previews for the Champions League as the competition gets going.