Handing out door prizes, a signed poster, or a table of swag? The Random giveaway picker draws winners for you, fairly, from the people going to your event.
Opening the picker
On your event page, in the Manage section, tap Random giveaway picker. It shows how many attendees are going, for example "Draw winners from 24 attendees going". It's only there once the event is published (not on a draft), and the organizer, Editor co-hosts, and Scanner co-hosts can all use it, so whoever is running the door can run the draw.
Who's in the draw
Everyone who is going: people whose RSVP is confirmed, plus people whose RSVP is still waiting on payment. Waitlisted, interested, and cancelled people are not included. If you only want people who've actually paid, approve payments first (see Approving payments) or use the Checked in only filter. If nobody is going yet, the picker tells you to come back once attendees have confirmed.
Drawing
- Under How many winners?, enter a number. You can't ask for more winners than there are eligible people. If you do, everyone wins.
- Click Draw winners. Names flash by for a moment, then 🎉 Winners appear in a numbered list showing each person's name and @username. Walk-ins are labelled Walk-in, and anonymous donors show as Anonymous donor.
- Winners are always different people, even when you draw several at once.
Click Copy results to copy the list as numbered text you can paste into a chat or a slide. Click Draw again to go back and run another draw. Each draw is independent, so someone who already won can win again. If you're giving out several prizes, one draw for the whole number of winners is the simplest way to avoid repeats.
Narrowing the pool with Filters
Click Filters to narrow who's eligible. The picker shows how many people match, and a badge counts your active filters. They all work together.
- Checked in only limits the draw to people who have been checked in at the door. See Check-in modes.
- Ticket tier appears when your event has two or more ticket types. Tick one or more to include only people who hold those tickets.
- Add-on appears when your event has add-ons. Tick one or more to include only people who bought at least one of them.
Raffle mode
After you pick an add-on, you can tick Weight by quantity (raffle mode). Each unit someone bought counts as one entry, so a person who bought five raffle tickets has five times the chance of someone who bought one. It still picks distinct people. The picker shows the total number of entries, for example "24 entries total — odds scale with quantity". Anyone with none of the selected add-ons isn't in the draw. This option stays greyed out until you've picked an add-on.
What it doesn't do
The draw is just a picker. It isn't saved anywhere and doesn't email or notify anyone, and it doesn't change any RSVP. Copy the results or take a screenshot if you want a record, and announce winners yourself. Names are drawn by the server using secure random numbers, so the result isn't something anyone can steer.