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Random Name Picker

Paste your list, choose how many winners, and pick them fairly โ€” no repeats, no bias, no arguments.

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The lucky name appears here

๐Ÿ”’ Crypto-fair shuffle โ€” every name has an exactly equal chance, nothing leaves your browser

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Fair picks people can trust

Giveaway winners, raffle draws, "who goes first", secret santa order, classroom questions โ€” whenever a pick has to be visibly fair, let the machine do it. The tool shuffles your entire list with a cryptographic Fisher-Yates shuffle (the gold-standard algorithm for unbiased ordering) and takes the top names โ€” so picking 3 winners from 200 entries is exactly as fair as drawing chits from a bowl, minus the paper cuts. Winners are always unique within a draw, and elimination mode removes them from the list for the next round.

FAQ

Can the same person win twice in one draw?
No โ€” winners within a single draw are always unique. If the same name appears twice in your list, though, that person effectively has two tickets.
How many names and winners are supported?
Unlimited names (thousands work fine) and up to 10 winners per draw. For more winners, run consecutive draws with "remove winners" ticked.
Is it really fair?
Yes โ€” the list is shuffled with a crypto-grade Fisher-Yates shuffle, mathematically proven to give every ordering an equal probability.

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