Raffle Ticket Picker
Draw random raffle winners from your total tickets. Beautiful animated raffle ticket displays, no duplicate winners, and draw history tracking.
1 - 10,000
1 - 10
How to use
- Enter your total number of raffle tickets
- Set how many winners you need to draw
- Click the draw button to pick a random winner
- Each ticket can only win once (no duplicates)
- Share the winning ticket number with everyone
- Click "Draw Again" to do another raffle
How To Draw Random Raffle Winners
Set the total number of tickets sold (up to 10,000) and how many winners you want (up to 10 per draw). Tap Draw and the tool runs a brief animated shuffle, then displays the winning ticket number. The same number cannot win twice in the same session, so first prize, second prize and third prize all come out as different ticket numbers. Reset clears the history and starts a fresh draw.
Under the hood the picker uses a Fisher-Yates shuffle, the standard algorithm for unbiased random selection. Every ticket from 1 to your total has an exactly equal chance of being drawn, and once a number has won it is removed from the pool. That matters for fairness: a less rigorous method without removing winners can let the same number win twice, which raffles are not allowed to do.
What To Do If a Drawn Ticket Is Not Claimed
Have a redraw rule written down before the event starts. Two common conventions: announce a 60-second window for the holder to come forward then redraw if the room is silent, or take three names per prize so you have backups. Either is fine, but you have to pick one in advance and tell the room.
Pre-paid raffle ticket sales (school fairs, online community draws) usually award the prize and contact the winner afterwards. For door-prize raffles where you must be present to win, write "present-to-win" on the tickets and posters. The [Random Number Picker](/random-number-picker) works for the same job in a more game-show animated style if you want a bigger reveal moment.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the picker make sure no number wins twice?
When a ticket is drawn it is added to a used-numbers set, and the next draw skips any number already in that set. The Reset button clears the set so you can run a fresh raffle. This guarantees no duplicate winners within a single drawing session.
What is the largest raffle I can run with this?
The total ticket count is capped at 10,000, which covers school fairs, charity events and most community draws. If you have sold more than 10,000 tickets you are running a regulated raffle that needs a Gambling Commission registration anyway, in which case the rules will require an approved drawing method.
Can I draw more than 10 winners?
Per session, 10. To draw more, reset and draw again - the second session produces a fresh independent set of winners. For a draw of 50+ winners the [Number Picker](/number-picker) lets you generate up to 1,000 unique random numbers in one go.
Is this legal for a charity raffle?
For small society lotteries and incidental non-commercial lotteries (school fairs, office raffles with modest prizes), this is a legitimate way to draw winners as long as the process is transparent and witnessed. For licensed lotteries with significant prizes, check your Gambling Commission permit; it will specify how the draw must be conducted.
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