Guides

The tools on ExesTools make a fair pick in a second. The hard part is usually everything around it: the giveaway rules you forgot to post, the student who freezes when called on, the couple who drew each other at Secret Santa, the bingo game where everyone won at once.

These guides cover that part. Each one is written by Arhum Waheed, who builds the tools, and each is checked against the live tools on the date shown, so the steps match what you'll see on screen. Where a guide gives odds or percentages, it shows the working. Where a tool can't do something, the guide says so.

The guides fall into three groups. **Running a fair draw** covers giveaways and raffles, including what to publish before you draw and how to deal with winners who never reply. **Classrooms and groups** covers calling on students, splitting a class into teams and using bingo as a review game. **Parties and gift exchanges** covers Secret Santa rules, budgets and bingo for showers and holidays. If you want to know how the picks themselves work, read the guide on how random a spinner wheel is.

Start with the one that matches what you're doing this week: