Card Draw

About this generator

Like Wheel of Names, Card Draw spins on a list you type in yourself rather than a built-in dataset -- but instead of a wheel, your list becomes a shuffled deck. Each draw takes the next card without putting it back, so results never repeat until you reshuffle.

Every result here is drawn using crypto.getRandomValues() -- the Web Crypto API's cryptographically secure randomness -- instead of Math.random(), so it's genuinely unpredictable, not just statistically random. Learn more.

What people use it for

It's used for drawing prizes or tasks one at a time without repeats, dealing out assignments fairly, running through a group in random order exactly once, or any drawing where "already picked" items should genuinely be out of the running.

How it works

Entering your list shuffles it into a deck using the site's cryptographically secure randomness. Draw reveals the next card (or next several, if you've set an amount) straight off the top -- once a card is drawn it's set aside until you reshuffle, so a full pass through the deck touches every item exactly once with no repeats.

Common questions

Can the same item be drawn twice?

Not until you reshuffle -- Card Draw never puts a drawn card back by default. Press "Reshuffle Deck" to start a fresh round, or turn on "With replacement" to reshuffle automatically after every draw, so items can repeat right away, like Wheel of Names' default mode.

What happens when I run out of cards?

Draw disables itself once the deck is empty -- tap "Reshuffle Deck" to shuffle a new round from the same list, or turn on "With replacement" so it never runs out in the first place.

Can I draw more than one card at a time?

Yes -- set an amount (up to 6) and each press draws that many cards straight off the top of the deck, up to however many remain, each landing in its own card.

Is my list saved if I close the page?

Yes -- like Wheel of Names, the items you enter here are remembered in your browser across visits.

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