About Random Me

What it is

Random Me is a set of 13 free random tools: Wheel of Names, Random Number Generator, Random Name Picker, Random Team Generator, Random Password Generator, Coin Flip, Dice Roller, Random Word Generator, Random Color Generator, Random Letter Generator, Random List Generator, Random Date Generator and Yes or No Picker. Each has its own page that explains how it draws, shows a worked example and answers the questions people ask, including what it cannot do.

How the draws are made fair

Every result comes from crypto.getRandomValues, the random generator that browsers provide for cryptography, and never from the simple generator most programs use for games. Raw random values are then turned into a choice with rejection sampling: values from the uneven end of the range are thrown away and drawn again, so that no outcome is even slightly more likely than another. Lists are shuffled with the Fisher-Yates method, which gives every order the same chance.

The wheel draws its winner first and then works out the exact spin that stops the pointer inside that slice, so the animation cannot disagree with the result. These rules are tested with statistical checks that run on a fixed sequence, so they are repeatable, and with a property test that the pointer lands on the drawn winner across tens of thousands of random spins.

What is not promised

The results are random but not certified. A draw cannot be replayed or audited afterwards. The tools are made for games, classrooms, small decisions and fun. Do not use them for a lottery, a regulated giveaway or any draw that the law requires to be verifiable.

How your lists are handled

Names, numbers and options you type are used by the page in your browser and nowhere else. There are no accounts and no database. If you press Save, a list is kept in your browser's local storage under a name you choose, and the privacy policy explains how to delete it. A shared link carries its list after the # sign, a part that browsers do not send to a server.

How it is funded

Random Me is free to use and may be supported by advertising. Advertisements are labelled, kept away from the wheel, the results and the buttons that start a draw, and are never placed where they could be mistaken for a control. The privacy policy describes what advertising partners may collect when ads are shown.