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Drawing A Number From A Hat
When running a contest or raffle with prizes, how do you pick the winner? Do you cut up little bits of paper and put them in a sack and draw one? Years ago, I drew the winners from an actual deck of cards. Now I use something better...Virtual Dice.
You can find WDC's Virtual Dice in the navigation panel, under Writing.Com Tools > Virtual Dice. This is a very handy tool for drawing winners fairly because you can associate the dice roll with your contest or activity. Fill out the first field with the item ID number of the contest or activity you're hosting. Then you have to decide how many dice will be tossed and how many rolls will occur.
If you would like three individual winners in your raffle, then you would choose to roll 1 die - three times - with the number of sides being the number of people in the raffle. Then if you want three different people to win, you'd click the radio button next to "No Repeat Numbers". This tells the program to keep rolling until three different numbers are chosen.
The instructions on the Virtual Dice page are quite easy to understand. Give it a try for your next raffle. And note it on your raffle or contest page, so more people can learn about a cool tool in our WDC arsenal - the Virtual Dice. Contestants can also look up the roll if they want to verify their picks. Now go throw out those little scraps of paper!
This month's question: What creative uses do you have for Virtual Dice? Send in your answer below!  Editors love feedback! |
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ROUND 10 PROMPT: Write a poem with two interpretations. Prompt 10 ends September 28, 2025
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This month's question: What creative uses do you have for Virtual Dice? Send in your answer below! Editors love feedback!
Last month's "Contests & Activities Newsletter (August 27, 2025)" question: What are your tips for managing your birthday week time?
Stik to My Own Beat  :
Hope that the State Fair is wrapped by the time the festivities start. Otherwise, I'm toast.
(2025 is thankfully merciful on this front.)
Mousethyme  : Don't worry about doing everything. Just participate in what you find peaks your interest.
THANKFUL SONALI Party Hopping!  :  I'm going to be at my aunt's place from Sep 4 - 7, so I think it'll be managed for me! 
Ann72  : Have to do it right the first time. You may not get a second chance.
Tannus : I always take my birthday off. If it is on the weekend, I take Friday or Monday off.
TheBusmanPoet : It's just another day in the passage of time in my life.
Conrad Moriarty : Mine is at a time of year that overshadows it. So, it feels somewhat sacred because of the season, but also very much contained within larger events. I like to celebrate it. Usually, the weekend before. I don't anticipate that will matter as much to me now as I'm no longer super young. It will grow to be a cake/pizza moment over a couple of hours. Except for milestones.
Thank you to everyone for your responses, I hope everyone takes notes for next year! Leger~ |
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