Lucky Draw for Palm OS: History and Features
by William Sanders
Lucky Draw was a small freeware utility for Palm OS handhelds, published through PalmGear's software catalog in the early 2000s. This page is a historical restoration, rebuilt from archived copies of the original PalmGear product listing (PalmGear Product ID 41367) — Lucky Draw is long discontinued and is not available or supported today.
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What Was Lucky Draw?
Despite the generic-sounding name, Lucky Draw's actual function is documented directly in PalmGear's own application description, preserved across four separate Wayback Machine captures of the listing (April 2002 through May 2003). PalmGear described it as:
"This is very simple lotto # generator. You can select the number range from 1 to 99 and how many numbers you want to generate. Like pick 3, 6, 7 all up to 12 numbers. It is enough to cover most of the lotto games in the world."
In other words, Lucky Draw generated random numbers for lottery-style number picks (e.g., "pick 6 from 1–49"), not random names, prize drawings, or general-purpose randomization. The listing also included a 160×160 pixel screenshot thumbnail, which is preserved in the Wayback Machine capture but is not reproduced here since the underlying image asset could not be independently re-hosted with confidence in its integrity.
Specifications
| Product name | Lucky Draw |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0 (only version found in any archived listing) |
| Developer | PDAsoftnet |
| Category | Misc/Fun |
| Product type | Freeware |
| Minimum requirements | Palm III, Palm OS 3.0 |
| Palm OS 5 support | Not compatible, per PalmGear's own listing as of the April 2003 update ("NOT compatible with Palm OS 5.0 yet") |
| Download size | 33 KB (2002) / 35 KB (after the 2003 update) |
| PalmGear Product ID | 41367 |
Version History
Every archived snapshot of the listing (April 29, 2002; October 18, 2002; December 12, 2002; and May 6, 2003) shows the product labeled "Lucky Draw 1.0" — no evidence of a version 2.0 or later was found in any source checked.
| Submitted | April 25, 2002 |
|---|---|
| Update (April 20, 2003) | "fix the save file problem, modify the popup list to display number more than 90" |
Note: The version number (1.0) never changed across any archived snapshot, even though PalmGear recorded an April 2003 bug-fix update. This suggests the developer patched the same 1.0 release rather than issuing a new version number.
Developer: PDAsoftnet
PalmGear credited Lucky Draw to a developer listed as "PDAsoftnet." Archived listings show PDAsoftnet published a number of other Palm OS titles in the same era, including School Work, My Pets, My Kids, GetReady, My Cars, My Career, My Bundle, URLX, BP Watcher, Weight Watcher, Food Pyramid, MileageX Desktop, Car Repairs, Expense Pro, Bill Log, Mileage Helper, and Day Off — mostly small personal-organizer and utility freeware/shareware titles. No independent developer website, contact page, or press coverage for PDAsoftnet could be verified from currently available sources, so this profile is limited to what PalmGear itself recorded.
Frequently Asked Questions
What did Lucky Draw for Palm OS actually do?
Per PalmGear's own application description, Lucky Draw generated random lottery-style numbers: users could set a number range from 1 to 99 and choose how many numbers to draw (from a pick-3 up to a pick-12 format), covering most real-world lotto game formats.
Who made Lucky Draw?
PalmGear credited the developer as "PDAsoftnet," who also published several other small Palm OS utilities during the same period.
Was Lucky Draw free?
Yes. PalmGear listed it as Freeware in every archived snapshot of the product page.
Does Lucky Draw work on Palm OS 5?
As of the April 2003 update, PalmGear's listing explicitly stated the program was "NOT compatible with Palm OS 5.0 yet." No later listing confirming Palm OS 5 support was found.
Can I still download Lucky Draw today?
No working, verified download source was found. This page documents the historical PalmGear listing only; it is not a download or support page.
Key Takeaways
- Lucky Draw was a freeware Palm OS lotto/lottery number generator, not a name-picker or prize-drawing tool — confirmed directly from PalmGear's own product description.
- Developed by PDAsoftnet and first submitted to PalmGear on April 25, 2002; last updated April 20, 2003.
- Only one version (1.0) was ever documented; it required Palm OS 3.0+ and was explicitly not Palm OS 5 compatible as of its last recorded update.
- This is a historical restoration only. Lucky Draw is dead software with no verified current download source, developer site, or ongoing support.
About William Sanders
William Sanders is a former network systems administrator who spent over a decade managing IT infrastructure for a mid-sized logistics company in San Diego before moving into full-time gear writing. His years in IT gave him deep hands-on experience with networking equipment, routers, modems, printers, and scanners — the kind of hardware most reviewers only encounter through spec sheets. He also has a long background in consumer electronics, with a particular focus on home audio and video setups. At PalmGear, he covers networking gear, printers and scanners, audio and video equipment, and tech troubleshooting guides.