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Random Picker

Pick a random winner from a list.

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Press Ctrl/Cmd+Enter in the list, or Enter in the count field, to pick. Repeated names count as separate entries.

Free online random picker

Need to choose a winner fairly? Paste your list of names or items — one per line — decide how many to pick, and let the random picker draw for you. It's ideal for giveaways, raffles, prize draws, choosing who goes first, splitting into teams, or just making a hard decision. Every draw uses your browser's cryptographically secure randomness, so the outcome is genuinely unpredictable for each draw. Nothing is uploaded — it all runs on your device.

How to pick a random winner

  1. Type or paste your entries into the box, putting each name or item on its own line.
  2. Set how many to pick — leave it at 1 for a single winner, or raise it to draw several.
  3. Tick Remove picked items if you want each winner excluded from the next draw.
  4. Press Pick, then hit Copy result to grab the winner(s).

Fair, unbiased draws

Winners are drawn with crypto.getRandomValues and an unbiased Fisher–Yates shuffle, so every remaining line is equally likely and no line is picked twice in the same draw. Repeated names are separate entries, so the same name can appear more than once among the winners. If you'd rather work with numbers — say raffle ticket numbers — try the random number generator, or roll for a decision with the dice roller.

Private and free

Your list never leaves your browser, so you can run private giveaways and confidential draws with confidence. There's no sign-up; each draw supports up to 10,000 entries and 200,000 characters — bookmark this page for the next time you need to pick a name at random.

Frequently asked questions

How does the random picker choose a winner?

Type or paste one name or item per line, choose how many to pick, and press Pick. The tool trims each line, ignores blank lines, and then draws your winners using your browser's cryptographically secure crypto.getRandomValues — not the predictable Math.random. Every remaining item has an exactly equal chance of being chosen.

Is the draw really fair and unbiased?

Each non-empty line has an equal chance through a partial Fisher–Yates shuffle with secure randomness and rejection sampling. A line is selected at most once per draw. Repeated names are separate entries and can win more than once; remove repeated lines first if each person should have only one entry.

What does "Remove picked items from the list" do?

When it is on, the selected lines are removed after the draw. A repeated name can still be present on another line. Undo last removal restores the exact list before that draw; it is available until you edit the list or settings, or draw again. Leave removal off to keep the full list.

What if I ask to pick more items than the list contains?

The tool simply picks every item on the list (each appears once) and tells you it selected all of them. You can never draw more distinct winners than there are entries.

Is my list sent to a server?

No. The entire picker runs locally in your browser with JavaScript. Your names and items are never uploaded, logged, or stored, so it is safe to use for private giveaways and confidential lists. Refresh the page and everything is cleared.

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