Parsing your list
The tool splits your input by newlines, optionally trims empty lines and collapses duplicates so each entry has equal weight.
Shuffling fairly
A Fisher–Yates shuffle backed by crypto.getRandomValues produces an unbiased permutation of the entries.
Drawing winners
The first N entries of the shuffled list become the winners — guaranteed unique and order-randomized.
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Picker Monkey
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Math.random is fast but not cryptographically secure. Web Crypto's getRandomValues is stronger and better suited to giveaways.
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