How do you pick a random number?
Enter a range or paste your own numbers, then run a Race — the winning number is your draw. It is chosen by a seeded random draw before the animation starts, and the share link redraws the identical number every time it is opened, which is what makes a public draw checkable.
A random number generator prints a number. That is exactly right for a simulation and exactly wrong for a raffle, because there is no way for anyone else to check that the number you are reporting is the first one you drew.
Here the numbers compete for it. Paste them in, run a race, and the winner is your drawn number — with a share link that anyone can open to watch the same draw arrive at the same number.
Picking from a range
Enter an inclusive whole-number range above, or paste numbers one per line. Up to 18 values run free and 30 on a paid plan. A range must contain 2–30 values; larger draws need a different tool. This tool is built for draws people watch, not for generating thousands of values.
For bulk random numbers, a plain generator is genuinely the better tool. Come back here when the number decides who wins something.
Common uses
- Raffle and door-prize numbers at an event
- Picking a ticket number in front of the room
- Choosing a bingo or lottery pick as a group
- Settling a bet on a number
When something else is the better tool
- Generating lots of numbers. This draws one at a time, as an event. A plain random number generator is the right tool for volume.
- Anything requiring secure randomness. Seeded and reproducible is the opposite of what a lottery or a key needs.
How it works
Paste the numbers
One per line, up to 18 of them.
Run the draw
They race. The winner is your number.
Show the link
Anyone can replay the identical draw.
Put it on your own site
Teachers put it on a class page, leagues on their league site, streamers on a giveaway page. Paste this code where you want the picker; your visitors use it free, with no sign-up.
Questions
Can I pick a number between 1 and 100?
You can paste up to 18 values into one draw. For a range larger than 30 values, use a generator designed for larger draws.
Is the draw fair?
Yes. It is a seeded uniform draw made before the animation runs, unless you turn on Weighted odds deliberately.
Can I prove the number was not re-drawn?
Share the link rather than a screenshot. The link contains the seed, so everyone opening it sees the same number. It does not prove that the creator did not run other draws before sharing this one.