🎯 Random List Picker
Paste one item per line — names, prizes, tasks, raffle entries, anything — and pick one or more at random. Use "allow repeats" if the same item can be picked more than once.
The two draw modes are not the same odds
With Allow repeats off, each pick is taken from what is left and then removed - a shuffle-and-deal. With it on, every pick starts from the full list again, so one name can win twice:
without repeats: chance of being picked = k / n
with repeats: chance of appearing = 1 - (1 - 1/n)^kDrawing 3 winners from 20 names, each person has a 15% chance without repeats and 14.26% with them. Repeats make a given entrant slightly less likely to win anything, because some of the prizes go to people who already have one.
How the list is read, and two switches that catch people
- Lines are trimmed and blank ones dropped, so trailing empty lines are harmless. Duplicates are not merged - a name typed twice gets twice the chance, which is a rough way to weight a draw.
- Remove picked items from the list is ignored while Allow repeats is ticked. Use it alone, for a multi-round draw where each press of Pick takes the next winners out of the box.
- Reset list restores the list as it was when the page loaded, not your last edit. If you pasted a list and then pressed Reset, that paste is gone.
Frequently asked questions
How do I draw raffle winners without the same person winning twice?
Leave Allow repeats unticked and set How many to the number of prizes. Asking for more picks than you have entries is refused rather than silently repeating someone.
Does putting a name in twice double its chances?
Yes. Identical lines are treated as separate entries, so two "Alice" lines in a seven-line list give her a 2 in 7 chance while everyone else has 1 in 7.
Can the result be predicted or rigged?
No. It uses your browser's cryptographic random source, with no seed you can set and nothing sent to a server. That cuts both ways: a draw cannot be replayed or audited afterwards either, so record the screen if the result matters.