Paste a list of names, press Pick and get a random name. Pick one at a time or several at once.
With Remove picked names on, each picked name leaves the box, so the next press chooses from the people who are left. That is what you want when every person should get a turn. Turn it off when each pick should be from the full list, for example a daily draw where the same person may win again. Start over puts every picked name back.
The picker draws with your browser's cryptographically secure random generator, the same method behind all GoPickaro tools, and every line in the box has exactly one share of the chance. Nobody can tilt the result, and the list never leaves your device. Our fairness page explains the method in more detail.
Because every line counts once, a name written twice has two chances. That is useful when some people have earned extra entries, and easy to avoid when they have not: keep one line per person.
Numbered tickets instead of names? The random number generator picks numbers in any range, with no repeats.
Need groups instead of single names? The random team generator splits the same list into even teams.
Not while Remove picked names is on. Turn it off and every press chooses from the whole list again.
Yes. Set how many to pick and they are drawn in one press, all different from each other.
No. They stay in this page only and disappear when you close it, so keep your own copy of long lists.
Yes. The page works in any modern browser, and the result is large enough to read from the back of a classroom.