Random Pickerの使い方

Randomly select one item from a list. Exclusion feature available to avoid duplicates.

What is Random Picker?

Picker selects one item from a list at random. It is the right tool when you have many options (10+) or when you want to run a sequence of draws without replacement — say, assigning 30 people to gift recipients so no one is picked twice. For short lists with visual flair, use the Roulette instead. For deciding the full order of a list, use the Shuffler.

使い方の手順

1

Enter your list

Paste or type items into the text area, one per line. A spreadsheet column copied directly works fine. Names, prize labels, venue candidates — any text is fine. Empty lines are ignored.

2

Confirm the list

Click "Add to list" to commit the entries. The right panel shows the current list with a count. You can edit or remove items before drawing.

3

Pick a random item

Press "Pick random". Every item has equal probability regardless of length. The result appears large in the center so both short and long items are fully visible.

4

Use exclusion for unique draws

Turn on "Exclude selected items" to move the winner into an exclusion list and prevent them from being picked again. This is how you run a lottery or a gift exchange fairly. Excluded items can be restored individually with "Restore".

A concrete scenario

A 30-person office Christmas Secret Santa

Situation

Previous years used a physical bowl of names, but people sometimes peeked or rigged it with colleagues.

How it played out

Paste 30 names into Picker, enable exclusion, and draw 30 times. Person 1 draws "Tanaka" — Tanaka disappears from the pool. After 30 draws each person has one unique recipient, with no collusion possible. The live draw on a projector adds energy to the party.

ヒントとコツ

  • Newline-separated paste lets you load hundreds of items at once
  • Exclusion mode turns Picker into a no-replacement lottery
  • When all items are excluded the tool disables drawing — restore some to continue
  • Lists auto-save to your browser for the next session

こんな時に便利

🎯Determining presenter order
🎲Assigning duties
👥Gift exchange partner selection
🎮Situations requiring random selection

Common mistakes to avoid

  • 1Using Picker for only 3–5 items — the Roulette is more fun and more visual for short lists.
  • 2Running a gift exchange without exclusion — the same person gets picked twice.
  • 3Pasting a list with extra whitespace or blank lines — they become separate entries.
  • 4Trying to set the full order of a list with Picker — use the Shuffler.