Raffle Number Drawer

Why a digital raffle draw is fairer than a hat

Drawing folded tickets from a hat feels fair, but it rarely is. Tickets fold differently, fresh slips sit on top, and a hand naturally reaches for the same spot — studies of physical "random" draws repeatedly find bias toward the last items added. This drawer removes all of that. It builds the full list of ticket numbers, shuffles it with the Fisher–Yates algorithm (the mathematically correct way to produce an unbiased shuffle) seeded by crypto.getRandomValues, then takes the top entries. Every ticket in your range has exactly the same probability of winning.

Worked example: a school fair sells tickets 1–250 and has three prizes. Set the range to 1–250 and Winners to 3; the drawer might return 47, 119, 203 — three distinct tickets, drawn in front of everyone, with no chance of pulling the same number twice.

Running a draw people trust

Transparency matters as much as fairness. Announce the rules before you draw (the range and number of prizes), draw live on a screen everyone can see, and keep the result visible so winners can check their ticket. For regulated or charitable raffles, follow your local rules on licensing and record-keeping — a tool like this handles the randomness, but you remain responsible for the lottery's legality. For the human side of running a draw, see our guide on how to run a fair raffle.