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Phone Number Draw

Upload your list of telephone numbers, check the entries and securely select one or more winners.

Use Phone Number Draw for competitions where each eligible entry is identified by a telephone or mobile number, including SMS and text-to-win entries.

If your competition uses ticket numbers instead, use Ticket Draw. If you only need to draw from a number range, use Number Draw.

Your entries are checked before the draw

WinnerSelect checks the uploaded CSV before the entry pool can be confirmed. If something needs attention, WinnerSelect shows you where the issue is so you can correct the original file and upload it again.

  • Simple CSV uploads

    Upload a standard CSV containing your eligible telephone number entries.

  • Header row optional

    Your file can include column headings, but it does not have to.

  • Missing information

    Rows with missing required information are identified before the draw can continue.

  • Correct and upload again

    If the file needs changing, correct the original CSV and upload it again. WinnerSelect does not silently change or remove entries.

Phone Number Draw in WinnerSelect: a Range Rover draw, one winner, the test-draw switch off, and a phone list loaded with 860 entries read, beside a list of recent draws showing masked winning numbers
A completed phone number draw in WinnerSelect: the winning number shown masked as 07700 ***786 from 860 entries in a Range Rover draw, Congratulations, and the record beneath it showing when it was recorded, the pool fingerprint, the winner count and the selection method

Prepare your draws in advance

Build and check your entry lists before you go live. Every file is read and checked when you prepare it, so a bad spreadsheet is something you fix now rather than on a live broadcast.

A prepared draw stays a draft until you run it, so you can remove it or replace its file at any time. When you are ready, run your prepared draws from the draw tool in any order.

The Prepare draws screen in WinnerSelect set to Phone Number Draw: a draw name field, a winners field set to 1, and a phone list upload asking for a CSV with one column of UK phone numbers, beside a Ready to run panel listing the draws already prepared and waiting

Confirm the final entry pool

When the telephone number entries have been checked, confirm the pool before running the draw. Once confirmed, that pool cannot be changed for that draw. WinnerSelect also stores the file size and a SHA-256 fingerprint of the accepted CSV, creating a reference to the file used for the draw.

Select your winners

Choose how many winners you need and run the draw. WinnerSelect securely selects one or more telephone numbers from the confirmed entry pool and creates the completed draw record automatically.

If you are running your draws live online, the full telephone number is never revealed when the winner is selected.

See what a draw record includes

Run your next phone number draw

One draw, a pack of five, or a subscription for regular use.

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