Raffle Winner Picker
A free raffle winner picker that replaces the ticket drum. Draw winning tickets live, in front of the room, from the exact list of tickets you sold: switch to Lucky-Number mode and enter numbers straight from the stub book, or use names for informal draws. Weight multi-ticket buyers so their odds match what they paid for, draw a single grand prize or a whole prize ladder, and keep the seed and SHA-256 verification hash with the night's records for your committee. Everything runs in your browser; no signup, no upload, no ticket database.
Giveaway type
Weighted entries: Ava*5 gives five tickets. Blank lines are skipped, and you choose how many winners in the next step.
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Why use this tool
- Draw from ticket numbers or names, with Lucky-Number mode included
- Draw a grand prize alone or a full prize ladder, revealed last place first
- Weight multi-ticket buyers with *N for correct odds
- Fullscreen stage mode for projectors and live events
- Seed, SHA-256 entries hash and selection log for the committee's records
- The ticket list stays on the device that sold them: nothing is uploaded
Common uses
- Charity and nonprofit raffles. Paste sold ticket numbers, project the wall fullscreen at your event, and draw winners live with a verifiable result for donor trust.
- School and PTA fundraisers. Drop student or family names, draw prizes one by one, and download a winner card for the newsletter.
- Office and club draws. Run a quick prize draw at the holiday party, and set a custom winner count to award several gifts in one go.
- Multi-ticket buyers. Someone bought ten tickets? Give their entry a weight of 10 so their odds match what they paid for.
- Sequential prize ladders. Award grand prize down to runners-up; winners are revealed from last place up to first for suspense.
In-depth guide
What is a raffle winner picker?
A raffle winner picker is a tool that randomly selects winning tickets from the pool of sold entries. You paste the ticket numbers or names and the tool draws one or more winners at random, replacing the spinning drum or hat with a screen everyone can see.
This picker is built for live events: a fullscreen tile wall you can project, a suspenseful tunnel reveal, and a published verification hash so attendees and organisers can confirm the draw afterwards.
Running a transparent raffle draw
Trust matters most when money changed hands for tickets. Three practices keep a raffle above suspicion: finalise and record the ticket list before drawing, draw in front of the audience, and use a verifiable random source rather than someone reaching into a bag.
Paste your finalised ticket list here, draw on the projector, and keep the seed and verification hash with your records. Because changing a single ticket changes the entries hash, the proof is bound to the exact pool you drew from.
Weighted odds for multi-ticket buyers
Raffles usually let people buy multiple tickets, which should mean proportionally better odds. Weighting handles this cleanly: a buyer with N tickets gets a single line with weight N instead of N pasted lines, which is easier to audit and produces exactly the right probability.
The picker uses Efraimidis–Spirakis weighted sampling without replacement, so when you draw several prizes the weights bias each pick correctly and no buyer wins the same prize ladder twice.
Paper tickets, stubs and the digital draw
Most raffles still sell paper tickets, and that works fine here: at draw time, enter only the sold numbers in Lucky-Number mode, one per line, skipping unsold books entirely. The stub book stays the source of truth for who holds each number, so announce the winning number first, then match it to the stub for the name.
Tidy the list before you draw, not after. The verification hash freezes the exact pool, so a mistyped or duplicated number fixed after the draw is visible as a changed list. If the same number appears on two lines it counts as two tickets, so dedupe first and the record stays clean.
Raffle-night logistics that keep the room on side
Decide the awkward rules before the night and print them on the ticket: whether winners must be present, how long an absent winner has to claim, and whether unclaimed prizes are redrawn. When a redraw is needed, remove the unclaimed number, run a fresh draw over the remaining tickets, and keep both selection logs so the committee record shows exactly what happened.
Afterwards, publish the winning numbers where entrants will see them (the club newsletter, the school's socials) together with the verification hash. The seed, hash and ticket list belong with the treasurer's records; for charity raffles they are precisely the paperwork an oversight committee asks for.
How to use raffle winner picker
- Enter your tickets. Switch to Lucky-Number mode for ticket numbers, or paste names. One entry per line.
- Weight multi-ticket buyers. Add *N for anyone who bought multiple tickets, e.g. 'Maria*10'.
- Set the prize count. Choose how many winners to draw: one grand prize or a full prize ladder.
- Draw and record. Go fullscreen, draw live, and keep the seed and verification hash with your records.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I draw from ticket numbers instead of names?
- Yes. Switch to Lucky-Number mode and paste your ticket numbers, one per line (e.g. 1001, 1002, …). The picker styles them as numbers and draws exactly the same way. Names, codes, and mixed lists all work too.
- How do I handle people who bought multiple tickets?
- Use *N weighting. 'Maria*10' gives Maria ten times the odds of a single-ticket entry, the correct odds for someone who bought ten tickets, without pasting her name ten times. Weights are included in the verification hash, so the weighted raffle is just as reproducible.
- Can I award several prizes in one draw?
- Yes. Set a custom winner count to the number of prizes. Winners are drawn without replacement (no one wins twice) and revealed one at a time, from the smallest prize up to the grand prize.
- Is the raffle draw fair and auditable?
- Yes. Each draw reveals a 256-bit random seed, hashes your exact ticket list with SHA-256, and publishes a verification hash plus a step-by-step selection log. Anyone can re-run the algorithm with the seed and the list to confirm the same winners, which is useful for committees and auditors.
- What if the winning ticket holder isn't in the room?
- Decide the rule before the night: hold the prize for a claim window, or redraw on the spot. If you redraw, remove the unclaimed number, run a new draw over the remaining tickets, and keep both selection logs so the record shows the full sequence.
- Do unsold tickets affect the draw?
- No. Enter only the numbers you actually sold; unsold books simply stay out of the list. Every sold ticket then has exactly one-in-N odds (or its weighted share), and the entries hash documents precisely which tickets were in the draw.
- Is our ticket data stored anywhere?
- No. The picker runs entirely in your browser with no account and no database. Your ticket numbers and names never leave the device.
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