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Overview
Randomly select a contest winner or winners by drawing items from an existing list. Useful for running competitions in a fair and efficient manner.
Choose a list by clicking its name in the 'List Summary' screen.
The 'List Details' screen will be displayed. Go to 'Draws' tab.
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Click . The 'New Draw' screen will be displayed.
Description
New Draw |
Draw Information
Name
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Unique name for the competition (and associated list, if you choose to create one).
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Description
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Any further useful descriptive information.
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Number of Winners
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Type the number of winners you would like to retrieve i.e. if there are two cars to be won, type '2'.
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Seed
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The seed is an number (integer) that is added to a calculated time element and used to generate a random number. This number is used to determine the winners of the draw.
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Run draw.
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Cancel and exit.
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Winners
The winning list item will be displayed.
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Return to the 'List Details' screen (the draw details will now appear in the 'Draws' section table).
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Use these results to create a new list, which you can then use to notify the winners quickly.
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