Wheel of Fortune
Spin a colourful wheel to randomly pick an entry from your list.
Overview
The Wheel of Fortune tool turns any list of entries into a colourful spinning wheel that animates and stops on one entry, giving a fun visual flourish to random picks. Paste your entries — names, prizes, dinner options, chores — hit spin, and the wheel rolls to a randomly chosen winner with a satisfying decelerating tick.
The tool is aimed at teachers running classroom games, streamers picking giveaway winners on camera, families settling "who picks tonight's movie" and event hosts running raffle rounds. Long-tail searches like "online wheel of fortune random picker", "spin the wheel name picker free" and "raffle wheel spinner for streams" all resolve here.
How it works
The wheel is drawn as an SVG with one coloured sector per entry, sized proportionally. To spin, the tool first picks the winning entry using the OS cryptographic random source — drawing bytes and rejection-sampling them into an unbiased index over the entry list. It then computes the angle the wheel must end at for the pointer to land in that sector, adds several full rotations to make the spin look long, and animates the rotation with an ease-out cubic curve so the deceleration looks natural.
Because the winner is chosen before the animation starts, the animation is purely cosmetic — the spin cannot be biased by stopping early or by frame-rate drops. Each spin runs about 4-6 seconds for dramatic effect. Optional sound effects, weighted entries (one entry counts as several slots) and remove-on-win behaviour are exposed in the toolbar.
Examples
6 names → wheel with 6 equal sectors, one winner
20 entries → smaller sectors, longer spin
Weighted: alice ×3, bob ×1 → alice has 3x odds
Remove-on-win → winner is grayed out for the next spin
FAQ
Is the spin really random?
Yes. The winner is drawn from the OS cryptographic random source before the animation starts, with rejection sampling for an unbiased index.
Can I weight entries?
Yes. Add a multiplier and the entry occupies that many slots on the wheel, raising its odds proportionally.
Will the same winner appear twice?
By default yes — every spin is independent. Toggle "remove on win" and the winner is excluded from the next spin.
Can I customise the colours?
The wheel uses a pleasant default palette. You can override it with a comma-separated hex list, which the tool cycles through the sectors.
Does it work on mobile?
Yes. The SVG animation is hardware-accelerated and the spin button is touch-friendly.