Random Picker
Paste a list of names or items and pick one or several winners completely at random - fair, private and free.
How it works
Paste your entries into the box, one per line, then choose how many winners to draw. The
picker splits the text on line breaks, ignores blank lines and trims stray spaces, so a list
pasted from a spreadsheet or a chat thread works without tidying. When you press pick, it
shuffles the entries with the crypto.getRandomValues secure random source using
rejection sampling - the same fair method a lottery would use - and selects your winners.
One winner or several
Leave how many to pick at 1 for a single winner, or raise it to draw a shortlist. With without replacement ticked, every winner is unique - perfect for awarding first, second and third place, or picking a panel where no one should appear twice. Untick it and each pick is independent, so the same entry could be chosen more than once. If you ask for more unique winners than you have entries, the tool tells you rather than guessing.
Great for
- Giveaways and raffles - paste entrant names and draw a winner live.
- Classrooms - pick a student to answer without always choosing the same hands.
- Team decisions - who presents first, who grabs the coffees.
- Secret Santa - draw names one at a time.
Every draw is added to the previous-winners list so you have a record during a live event. Need numbers instead of names? Use the random number generator. For a straight two-way call the coin flip is quicker, and tabletop players will want the dice roller.