Where to start
These ten guides cover the three moments when people most often draw names. Find the one that sounds like you, then read the guides in the order suggested.
You’re planning the holidays or a gift exchange
Start with “How to organize a Secret Santa that everyone enjoys”: date, budget, couples who shouldn’t draw each other, office and family versions. Once you know who you’re buying for, move on to the gift ideas at $10, $20 and $30. The draw itself happens in our Secret Santa generator: one private link per person, no email, no sign-up.
You’re hosting a quiz night or a music quiz
“How to host a quiz night” covers the basics: teams, topics, how a round works, breaking ties. “How to write good quiz questions” helps you avoid answers people argue about, and the music quiz guide adapts the method to songs. If your friends live far apart, the remote quiz guide shows how to play over several days in a WhatsApp or Snapchat group. Short on questions? Borrow from our 240 true or false questions, then start the quiz buzzer on everyone’s phone.
You need to pick someone, settle a tie or share the work
“How to run a fair random draw” explains how to agree on the rules before you draw, so nobody argues afterwards. Two more guides apply those rules to real cases: picking an Instagram giveaway winner, with written rules and a record you keep, and splitting household chores with family or roommates. If you just need one name out of a list, the random name picker does the job.
What’s in each guide
Each guide takes about five minutes to read. It’s built on concrete examples, ends with three common questions and points you to the matching tool. The date of the last update is shown at the top of the page.
What these guides don’t do
The giveaway guide isn’t legal advice: if the prizes are worth real money, check the rules that apply where you live. The gift ideas don’t link to any store, so you can shop wherever you like.