A random name picker selects one or more names from a list using a random number generator. Used for classroom draws, raffle winners, team assignments, and decision making. A fair random picker gives each entry an equal probability of selection.
Pro Tip
For classroom fairness: use removal without replacement so every student gets picked equally before anyone is picked twice. Pure random with replacement means some students may never be picked.
Did You Know?
True randomness is surprisingly hard to achieve computationally. Most random number generators are pseudorandom — deterministic sequences that merely appear random. For security-critical applications (cryptography, gambling), hardware random number generators that use physical processes (thermal noise, radioactive decay) are required.
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