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    Draw winning ticket numbers in front of the room

    A paper roll of double tickets, one half to the buyer and one in the drum, is still the easiest way to run a raffle at a school fair or a club dinner. This page replaces the drum. It opens on tickets 1 to 500: tap the two numbers to match the tickets you actually sold, press Draw, and the reel stops on a number. Read it out, and the buyer with the matching stub claims the prize.

    Run order on the night

    • Set the range to the tickets sold. If you sold 1 to 340 from a roll of 500, enter 1 and 340, so no unsold number can win.
    • Start with the smallest prize. Keeping the big prize for last keeps the room full until the end.
    • One prize per ticket. A number that has been drawn never comes out again, until you press Start over.
    • Unclaimed ticket? Wait a minute, then draw again for the same prize.
    • Keep a record. Copy winners copies the winning numbers in order, ready for the newsletter.

    Your chances with 500 tickets sold

    Chance of winning at least one prize, by the number of tickets you hold and the number of prizes drawn. Calculated exactly, with each ticket able to win only once.

    Tickets held1 prize5 prizes10 prizes20 prizes
    10.2%1.0%2.0%4.0%
    51.0%4.9%9.6%18.5%
    102.0%9.6%18.4%33.8%
    204.0%18.5%33.8%56.5%
    5010.0%41.1%65.5%88.4%

    Before selling tickets, check the rules where you live: in the US, raffles are regulated by each state, and many allow them only for nonprofit organizations, sometimes with a permit.

    How it works

    1. Set up the draw

      Keep “tickets” and tap the numbers to type the first and last ticket, or switch to “a list of names”, one per line.

    2. Choose how many winners

      Tap “one winner” in the sentence to draw 1, 2, 3, 5 or 10 winners at a time.

    3. Draw the winners

      Press Draw or the Space bar. The reel rolls and stops on each winner, listed as Winner 1, Winner 2 and so on.

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    Questions

    Our sold tickets aren’t one continuous range. What do I do?

    Switch to a list of names and paste the sold numbers, one per line. Each line is then one ticket in the draw.

    Can I draw all the winners at once?

    Yes. Tap one winner and choose 2, 3, 5 or 10. The reel reveals them one after another, and each is listed as Winner 1, Winner 2 and so on.

    Why does holding 10 tickets with 10 prizes give 18.4% and not 20%?

    Because some of the draws where you win would make you win twice. A ticket can only win once, so the chance of winning at least once is a little below the simple sum.

    Is the raffle generator free?

    Yes. It is free, funded by advertising, with no account and no app to install.

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