Random Generator Guide
Pick from a list with a spin wheel, slot machine, random card, dice or ticker animation.
Random Generator picks items from a list for you. You can choose how the result is revealed—as a wheel, card, or other animation—but the animation is not the list of choices.
Draw from a short list
Replace Items with two lines: Tea on the first and Coffee on the second. Leave Pick at 1 and choose Generate. Wait for the animation to finish. Under Result, you should see one of those two names. Which one appears cannot be predicted, and running it again may pick the same name.
Set Pick to 2 and leave No duplicates checked. You should see both items, in an unpredictable order. Mode changes the animation, not the text you gave it. If you leave Items empty, the tool asks you to add at least one item.
Before using it for a draw
The tool removes a picked entry when No duplicates is on. If you typed Tea on two separate lines, the same word may still appear twice because those are two entries. Check your list for repeated names before a giveaway. Your list stays in the browser, but a public screenshot of the result can still disclose people’s names.
Where your input goes
Processing runs in your browser. The tool does not upload your input to ilham.dev.
Related guide
For more background, read Security and Cryptography Basics for Developers.
Questions you might have
- Is the animation deciding the result?
- No. The choice is made before the animation finishes. The tool draws from the browser’s cryptographic random source, but this page does not provide a public audit trail or a guarantee of a perfectly unbiased contest. For high-stakes draws, use an independently verifiable process.
- Can I pick multiple winners?
- Yes. Increase Pick. With No duplicates, each entry is picked at most once and the result count cannot exceed the entry count. Identical text entered on separate lines still counts as separate entries.