The company’s website, which offered contests to win prizes such as sports cars, luxury watches and even gold, stopped working about 10 days before Christmas.
The company also provided a free entry system for potential winners to apply to an address in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Mr Bayliss, from Blackwood, Caerphilly, south Wales, bought five 99p online entries for the September 15 draw.
He said he spoke by phone with Hall, 35, the day after his victory.
She said she remembers Hall saying, “I’m glad to receive the cash,” and confirming that it would be in her bank account within a few days.
But nothing arrived.
Mr. Bayliss sent multiple messages over the next few weeks and received occasional clarifications from Mr. Hall, but no payment was received.
“I feel like I’ve given up,” Bayliss said.
“It was the first time I won, but it was typical for him to stop paying everyone.
“I’ve become numb. The chances of winning the money are probably 5%.”
Mr Bayliss said he had not heard from Mr Hall since November 1, when he told him his bank account was “on hold”.
After the BBC published the article, Robbie Savage, from Devon-based competition management company Rev Comps, said he wanted to set things right for Mr Bayliss.
Mr Savage’s company, unrelated to the original claims, gave Mr Bayliss £18,000 to ensure a “happy ending”.
Mr Savage said his company would work with other companies in the new year to “spearhead some kind of regulation” of the prize industry.
