Door Prize Drawing
Door prizes are a simple way to thank people for showing up — at a school family night, a church dinner, a club meeting or a company event. The only awkward part is the drawing itself: pulling slips from a bowl works until someone wonders whether their name was ever in it.
This template sets up a free drawing with five prizes and one entry per person. Print the QR code and set it on the check-in table so guests can enter on their phones, or type names in yourself as people arrive. When it's time, you draw the winners at random, and the page shows everyone exactly when the drawing happened.
What's on the sheet
This is the starting point. Rename, add or remove anything before you share it.
Thanks for coming! Enter once for a chance to win tonight's door prizes. It's free, and there's nothing to buy.
Please enter your first name and last initial so we can find you when we read the winners.
Winners will be drawn and announced at the end of the program.
- Prizes5
- Tickets per person1
- DrawingRandom, time-stamped
Keep it a free drawing
A door prize is a thank-you, not a raffle: everyone who attends gets one free entry, and nobody pays to enter or to improve their chances. Keeping it that way keeps it simple.
- Leave multiple tickets off, so every guest has exactly one chance.
- Don't tie entries to purchases, donations or ticket sales. Once entries cost money, the drawing may count as a raffle under your state's rules — the fundraiser raffle template covers what to check first.
- If entry is for attendees only, say so in the description, and enter guests who don't have a phone yourself.
- Decide ahead of time whether winners must be present, and say so before the drawing starts.
Running the drawing at the event
- Put the printed QR code at check-in with a small sign: "Scan to enter tonight's door prize drawing."
- Ask guests to enter a first name and last initial. The same name can't be entered twice, so two guests named Maria will need different initials — which also makes winners easier to call out.
- Close sign-ups a few minutes before the drawing so nobody slips in an entry after you start announcing.
- Draw on a screen everyone can see: connect a laptop to the projector, run the drawing, and read the winners aloud.
- Plan for winners who have already left. Set the number of prizes two higher than you need and announce the last two names as alternates (say so in the description, too). That is cleaner than resetting, because a reset replaces every winner, not just the missing one.
- List the prizes in the description so guests know what's up for grabs, and thank any business that donated one.
Door prize ideas
- Gift cards to a local coffee shop, restaurant or hardware store
- For schools: a reserved parking spot for a month, front-row seats at the spring concert, or lunch with a favorite teacher
- For churches and clubs: a homemade pie, a potted plant, or a gift basket from the member who loves putting them together
- For workplaces: a late-start morning, the best parking spot, or a team lunch on the company
- Items donated by local businesses, credited by name in the description
Frequently asked questions
How are winners chosen?
With a cryptographically random draw, so every entry has the same chance. The page shows everyone the time the drawing happened.
Can I enter names for guests myself?
Yes. Guests can enter on their own phones, or you can add names as the organizer — for example, copying names from a paper sign-in sheet before the drawing.
Can one person win more than one prize?
No. Each entry can win once, so five prizes means five different winners. If you want earlier winners to stay in the running for a grand prize, run the grand prize as its own drawing.
What if I need to redraw?
You can reset and draw again, but the page shows everyone how many times the drawing has been run. If you do redraw, explain why, either out loud or in an update on the event page.
Do guests have to give an email address?
No. Guests enter just a name, with no account, email or phone number, so nobody ends up on a mailing list for entering.
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Ready when you are
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