Party duck race

Things worth racing

• Party prizes and gift draws. Birthday games, white elephant order, baby shower guesses, the last slice of cake.
• Chores. Race the jobs, not the kids: whichever chore wins goes to the first volunteer. Load a chore draft.
• Turn order. Who picks the movie, who goes first in the board game, who sits in the front seat.
• Decisions nobody wants to make. Dinner, weekend plans, which game to play next.

Make it an event

Give every duck a different look with one button, or dress them up one at a time: a crown for the birthday kid, a top hat for Grandpa. Pick the night fair course for an evening party. Write your own winner message, like "{name} gets the last slice," and turn the sound on for the starting horn and the finish fanfare.

Everyone can pin their own duck by tapping the star on the board and follow it the whole way. On a phone, the board shows the leaders and your pinned duck, with a button for the full standings.

Fair is the whole point

The winner is drawn by the browser's cryptographic random generator when you press Start. Looks, lanes, and whoever is holding the remote can't change it. There's even a page on how the fair draw works for the relative who checks everything.

Running a fundraiser?

The public race works for a school fair or club night today: put ticket numbers in the lineup and run it fullscreen. If the race involves paid tickets or regulated prizes, check the local rules before you run it. For larger crowds, hosted events are coming, with an audience link for every phone.