Lucky Draw Plus video - More on entries

 

Lucky Draw Plus picks a random winner from a list of entries you need to make.

We have a Get started video called Load entries if you need the basics, but here we're going to look at some extra tricks, like short lists, randomising your entries list, and weighting the chances that each entry can win.

If you only have a few entries in your list, maybe a small party, the draw doesn't look good. Repeat your entries to make your list fuller. If you put everyone on the list the same number of times, they all still have the same chance of winning. 

If you want to weight your list so that some entries have more chance of winning, put some entries in more often. Here my customers will spin for their own discount. I'm putting in one chance of winning 50% off, a few each for the next best prizes, and then I'm letting the smaller discounts have more chance of winning so I don't go broke.

Finally, your entries will scroll in the same order as your list if your list is sorted, say alphabetically. The winner is still always completely random, but it might not look like that to your audience. So randomise your list using the =rand() Excel formula. 

Put the rand formula next to your entries. It generates a random number between 0 and 1. Sort your list by that random number. Now delete the column. Your list is now randomly sorted.

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