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Pick Giveaway Winners Fairly and Announce Them Automatically

Manual giveaway draws invite accusations and take hours. Collect valid entries, draw winners verifiably at random, and announce with proof of fairness.

difficulty Beginnersetup 25 minresult Winners are drawn provably at random and announced instantly — no spreadsheets, no fairness drama.
  1. 1

    Collect Valid Entries

    Add a Typeform Trigger logging entries, deduped by email.

  2. 2

    Close and Draw

    Add a Schedule Trigger at the deadline and a Code node drawing winners with a logged random seed.

  3. 3

    Notify Winners

    Add a Gmail node with claim instructions and a claim deadline.

  4. 4

    Announce Publicly

    Add a post announcing winners (first name + initial) and the entry count.

  5. 5

    Activate and Test

    Activate the workflow with test entries. Confirm the draw and notifications fire.

Frequently asked questions

What if a winner never claims?

After the claim deadline, the workflow redraws from remaining entries automatically.

Why log the seed?

The recorded seed and entrant count make your draw reproducible — provable fairness if anyone asks.

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