The Third-Party Draw Service is useful for people who operate
raffles, sweepstakes, promotional giveaways and other lottery type
services professionally. In a similar fashion to a certified
official, RANDOM.ORG acts as an unbiased third party who conducts
the drawings in a manner that is guaranteed to be
fair and truly random. The drawings are made using
true randomness that comes from atmospheric noise, which for many
purposes is better than the pseudo-random number algorithms
typically used in computer programs.
Check out the Public Records for details
about recent drawings held with the service.
Already have an account? Please login to use the service.
Here is how it works:
You register for a RANDOM.ORG account with at least $4.95 worth of prepaid credit. (PayPal accepted.)
You login to RANDOM.ORG and upload a list of entrant
identifiers, such as email addresses or Twitter IDs. (These are
not published on the web and never shared with anyone.) You can
also pull the entrant list directly from your Facebook friends or
the attendees in one of your Facebook events. (Using people who
‘like’ your page on Facebook is unfortunately against
the Facebook
Promotions Guidelines, so we can't do that, but we recommend
that you arrange your giveaways as Facebook events instead.)
You select the number of winners.
RANDOM.ORG picks the winner(s) using true randomness, makes
a record of the drawing on the RANDOM.ORG site,
sends you an email confirmation and finally debits your prepaid
credit for the drawing cost. (Check out the full pricing details.)
Winners and losers in your drawing can go to
RANDOM.ORG and verify the result for at least five years. (We
have a clever way of doing that without revealing people's email
addresses or Twitter IDs.) You can also keep the record private
if you prefer.
Sounds easy? It really is. Check out the Video Guide to see it in action or see the FAQ for answers to common questions.