Run fair, transparent prize draws with confidence
Upload your entry list or set an eligible number range, select one or more winners with a secure RNG, and keep a timestamped record of every completed draw.
Three simple ways to run a draw
WinnerSelect includes all three winner selection methods in one tool, so you can use the right method for each draw.
Ticket entries
Upload a list of ticket numbers and WinnerSelect will randomly select one or more winning tickets.
Ideal for: prize competitions, raffles and ticket-based draws.
Number range
Enter the lowest and highest eligible numbers and WinnerSelect will randomly select one or more winning numbers.
Ideal for: draws where every valid entry sits within a defined number range.
Telephone number entries
Upload a list of telephone numbers and WinnerSelect will randomly select one or more winners from that list.
Ideal for: text-to-win, SMS and mobile-entry competitions.
The Prize Draw Code
WinnerSelect, from the UK CPSA is listed on the Prize Draw Code signatories and have agreed to promote compliance with the UK Government’s Voluntary Code of Good Practice for Prize Draw Operators. Read the Code
Prize draw standards changed
Good practice now emphasises transparent, auditable winner selection: an organisation should be able to explain how a winner was selected and show which entries were in the draw.
WinnerSelect confirms the eligible entry pool, runs the selection securely and keeps a record for entrants, clients and internal teams.
WinnerSelect is designed to help organisations demonstrate a fair, transparent and auditable winner-selection process.
How it works
Create the draw, add the eligible entries, confirm the pool.
Every draw is run server-side from a cryptographic random source, over an entry pool that is locked and fingerprinted before the draw begins, so the list your winner came from can be shown to be the list you started with.
The pool is locked
Entries are fixed before the draw begins: nothing added, removed or reordered once the pool is closed.
The pool is fingerprinted
The locked pool is fingerprinted, so the list the draw ran over can be checked against your own copy.
The draw runs server-side
The selection is made on the server, from a cryptographic random source, not in a browser or a spreadsheet.
One winner or several
Select one winner or several in the same draw.
Draw records
Every draw leaves a timestamped record, written as the draw runs and exportable as CSV.
- Draw name
- what the draw was called
- Method
- how the winner was selected
- Entry-pool size
- how many entries the draw ran over
- Result
- who was selected
- Time
- when the draw ran
Professional winner selection for every kind of organisation
Competition operators
Regular draws, and a result that has to stand up when someone asks.
Brands and agencies
Promotions run for a client, who will ask how the winner was chosen.
Charities and fundraisers
Supporter draws, where the people entering are the people funding you.
Publishers and media
Reader and listener competitions, on a deadline and in public.
Clubs and membership organisations
Member draws where everyone knows each other, so being fair is not enough.
Promotions and events
One-off draws at an event, or at the end of a campaign.
Your winner should be random. Your process shouldn’t be.
One draw, a pack of five, or a subscription. See what each one includes.