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Wheel Spinner / Prize Wheel

Customizable spinning wheel with editable segments, colors, and animated spin with a winner reveal.

Tested tool guide Tested browser tools Checked August 16, 2026

What Wheel Spinner / Prize Wheel does and how it behaves

Type in a list of names, prizes, or choices and this tool turns each one into a labeled wedge on a spinning wheel, sized equally and colored so neighboring slices stay distinguishable. Click spin and the wheel rotates through a decelerating animation before settling on one wedge, which is then announced as the winner. The part people get wrong: there's no separate weight or probability field described, so if you want one option to have better odds than the rest, the practical workaround is entering that option as a segment more than once.

How the result is produced

1

Segment list drives the wheel

Each entry you add becomes its own wedge, and the wheel redraws so every wedge stays an equal fraction of the circle no matter how many entries exist. Colors are assigned per segment so adjacent wedges contrast against each other. Edits, additions, or deletions update the wheel layout immediately rather than requiring you to rebuild or re-save the list first.

2

Animated spin and winner reveal

Pressing spin starts a rotation that slows to a stop rather than halting abruptly, and wherever the wheel lands relative to a fixed pointer determines the outcome. The tool then displays that segment's label as the winner. Nothing about the entered list is consumed by a spin, so you can spin again immediately for another round without re-typing anything.

Good uses

  • picking a random winner from a short list of giveaway or raffle entrants
  • settling a group decision, like which restaurant or movie to pick, without an argument
  • randomly calling on a student or assigning a task to one person on a team roster

Limits and checks

  • no weighting field is described, so if you want uneven odds you likely need to enter one option as more than one identical segment rather than expecting a probability setting
  • browser-based random pickers commonly use JavaScript's Math.random(), which is fine for casual drawings but isn't cryptographically secure, so it isn't a sound choice for high-stakes or legally binding drawings without independent verification
  • the segment list almost certainly lives only in the page's memory, so refreshing or closing the tab likely clears whatever you typed unless you copy the list somewhere else first

Common questions

Can I make one entry more likely to win than the others?

Not through a dedicated weight or probability setting, since none is described for this tool. The workaround is adding that entry as a segment multiple times, which increases its share of the wheel's area and therefore its odds roughly in proportion to how many times it appears.

Will my list still be there if I come back later?

Probably not. Tools like this typically run entirely in the browser tab without server-side storage, so closing the tab or reloading the page likely resets the segment list to its default. Copy your list somewhere else first if you'll need the same entries again.

References and verification

The behavioral notes were checked against the browser implementation. Standards and primary references below define the relevant format, formula, or platform behavior.

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