# Random Picker & Team Generator

> Pick winners from a list, or split names into balanced random teams.

To pick randomly from a list, paste your entries one per line and choose whether to pick winners, split into teams or generate a running order. Selection uses an unbiased Fisher-Yates shuffle driven by the browser's cryptographic random source.

**URL:** https://convertto.tech/t/random-picker
**Category:** Randomisers & Games (https://convertto.tech/c/random-generators)
**Privacy:** Runs entirely in the browser; no upload
**Cost:** Free, no sign-up
**Last updated:** 2026-08-01

## Key facts

- **Privacy:** Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded
- **Cost:** Free, unlimited, no sign-up

## How to use

1. Enter or paste your list (one per line).
2. Choose the mode.
3. Set the winners or teams.
4. The result appears immediately — copy or download it.

## FAQ

### Is the draw genuinely fair?

Yes. It uses a Fisher-Yates shuffle with crypto.getRandomValues, which gives every permutation equal probability. The naive approach of sorting by a random comparator is measurably biased; this is not.

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