Giveaway and raffle name picker

Use this random name selector for casual giveaways—with clear limits: no legal compliance, audit, or certified raffle claims.

You can draw one or several winners from a pasted entrant list and optionally eliminate winners between rounds.

Hosts remain responsible for eligibility, consent, and record-keeping—the site does not certify contests.

Practical giveaway workflow

Publish your rules before collecting names, then paste entrants one per line.

Review duplicates, set Winners, enable Elimination for multi-prize events, and Pick winner.

Copy results into your own documents if regulators or sponsors need a paper trail.

Host responsibilities

You define age limits, geographic restrictions, and consent language outside this tool.

Keep evidence of entry times and eligibility in systems you control—this picker does not timestamp entries server-side.

Announce that the draw is a browser utility, not a licensed lottery terminal.

What this tool does not do

No email verification, sockpuppet prevention, or multi-device entrant deduplication.

No certified raffle documentation or independent observer mode.

No guarantee that pasted names match real-world identity.

Casual versus official drawings

Meetup door prizes and team swag draws often only need a visible on-device shuffle.

Regulated raffles, charity lotteries, and high-value prizes need processes that meet jurisdictional requirements instead of this utility alone.

When in doubt, consult qualified counsel rather than relying on this page.

Record-keeping outside the browser

Screenshot the reveal area with timestamp if your sponsor wants informal proof—this is not a compliance archive but better than memory alone.

Copy results immediately after Pick winner; refreshing does not erase winners but closing the tab without saving elsewhere loses easy access if you clear history later.

For multi-day events, export entrant lists from your registration tool before each draw so the textarea matches who is actually eligible that day.

Entrant list hygiene

Strip email addresses from lines before pasting—only display names should appear on screen if you stream the pick.

Dedupe after merging walk-in names with pre-registered spreadsheets.

Set Winners to match prize count, not attendee count, unless every attendee wins something.

Transparency for audiences

Narrate that the tool shuffles with browser cryptography before revealing winners.

Offer to show Elimination checkbox state so viewers know repeat wins are blocked.

Decline requests to ‘rig’ the picker—hosts should edit entrant lists instead of faking randomness.

Streaming giveaways

Hide browser bookmarks bar before screen-sharing the reveal. Delay social posts until Copy results is saved so winners are not spoiled by notification sounds.

Keep a witness nearby when streaming picks so viewers trust the on-screen shuffle.

Prize fulfillment

Match Copy results names to ID-checked entrants if your policy requires it—the picker does not verify IDs.

Email winners from your own mailbox; the tool does not send messages.

Keep unclaimed prizes for a redraw with a fresh Reset history so elimination does not block alternate winners.