Jekyll2026-05-12T14:08:33+00:00https://luckydraw.daomar.dev/feed.xmlLucky Draw BotLucky Draw Bot is a free Microsoft Teams app that runs fair, transparent prize draws inside any channel. Award teammates, boost engagement, and celebrate wins. Microsoft 365 App Award winner, trusted by ~10,000 organizations.Tony XiaMeet Lucky Draw Bot — recognition that actually happens2026-05-12T09:00:00+00:002026-05-12T09:00:00+00:00https://luckydraw.daomar.dev/posts/meet-lucky-draw-botMost teams already know they should celebrate the small wins. Birthdays. Project launches. Quarterly kudos. The teammate who quietly unblocks everyone.

The problem isn’t intent. It’s friction.

A spreadsheet of names. Someone has to “shuffle” it. Someone else asks if it was really random. A different person has to copy the result back into chat. By the time the winner is announced, half the energy is gone.

Lucky Draw Bot exists to remove every step of that.

What it actually does

Lucky Draw Bot is a Microsoft Teams app. It lives in your channels, not in another tab. Anyone with permission can start a draw in seconds:

  1. Type @Lucky Draw Bot in any channel and describe the prize and deadline.
  2. Teammates join with a single tap on the adaptive card.
  3. At the deadline, winners are drawn server-side and announced in the same thread.

That’s it. No coordination, no copy-paste, no “trust me, I shuffled.”

Why the details matter

We obsess over the bits that look invisible:

  • Server-side randomization. The draw doesn’t run on anyone’s laptop. It runs on our servers, at the deadline, the same way for everyone.
  • Timestamped & auditable. Every draw has a record. If someone asks “was this fair?” — the answer is on the card.
  • Live participant counts. Teammates see the energy build as people join.
  • Adaptive cards, localized. English, 简体中文, and more. Same experience, native feel.
  • Zero new tools to learn. If your team uses Teams, they already know how to use this.

Who’s using it

Lucky Draw Bot has been on Microsoft AppSource since 2019. Today it serves around 10,000 organizations and hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. It’s a Microsoft 365 App Award winner, and it’s still completely free.

Teams use it for:

  • Weekly kudos and shoutouts
  • Conference giveaways and raffles
  • Onboarding icebreakers
  • Sprint retrospective surprises
  • Holiday gift draws
  • Customer appreciation events

The pattern is always the same: a moment that deserves to be celebrated, and a team that wants the celebration to feel fair.

How to get started

  1. Open Microsoft Teams.
  2. Install Lucky Draw Bot from AppSource.
  3. Run your first draw in a channel.

That’s the whole onboarding.

If you need help, want to suggest a feature, or are interested in partnership opportunities, drop us a line at ares@xizhang.com. We read everything.

— The Lucky Draw Team

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