Spin the wheel: picker wheel maker
Press Spin, or tap the wheel.
Every entry has the same chance.
Each entry shows up to 40 characters.
Want the wheel to pick a whole life? Be anyone in any real city in LifeSim, free in your browser.
How do I make my own spinner wheel?
Type your entries in the box, one per line, and the wheel redraws as you type. Press Spin or tap the wheel for a random pick. Turn on Remove the winner to pick teams or turns, and copy the link to share the wheel with its names.
What people use it for
- Pick who goes first in a game, or the order of turns: turn on Remove the winner and spin until the wheel is empty.
- Split a class or a group into teams: remove each winner, and give the picks to the teams in turn.
- Call on a student without picking favorites, with the names on the wheel and the wheel on the board.
- Choose dinner, a movie, or a weekend plan when the group can't agree.
- Draw the winner of a small giveaway in front of everyone, live.
How the spin is decided
The result is picked before the wheel moves. Your browser's built-in random number source (crypto.getRandomValues) picks one slice, and every slice has the same chance. Then the wheel turns a few times and slows down until that slice stops under the pointer. The speed, the sound, and the colors change nothing.
The pick happens in your browser, not on a server, so nobody can set the result in advance. An entry that shows up twice on the wheel, such as a name typed twice, has two chances.
How to make your wheel
- Type a title, such as Who pays for snacks?
- Type one entry per line in the box. The wheel redraws as you type. It holds up to 100 entries.
- Press Spin, or tap the wheel. Turn on Remove the winner to take each pick off the wheel.
- Press Share this wheel or Copy link to this wheel, and send it to the group. The link opens the same wheel.
Questions
Is the picker wheel random and fair?
Yes. Every entry gets one slice of the same size, and your browser's random number source picks the slice before the wheel turns. An entry that you type twice gets two slices, so it has two chances.
Can I save my wheel?
Yes, in its link. The title, the entries, and the options are in the address, so copy it or bookmark it. Nothing is kept on a server, and there is no account.
Can I remove names after they are picked?
Yes. Turn on Remove the winner after each spin. Each pick leaves the wheel and goes to the Picked so far list. Put them back brings every name back onto the wheel.
How many names can the wheel hold?
Up to 100 entries of up to 40 characters each. A long entry shows in full in the result.
Does it work offline or on a school computer?
Once the page has loaded, the wheel spins with no connection. It runs in any up-to-date browser, including a Chromebook, with no download and no sign-in.
Can I show it on a projector?
Yes. Press Full screen, and the wheel fills the screen. The High contrast colors read well from the back of a room.