Spin a free wheel of names to draw a random winner for classroom picks, raffles, and giveaways. Add names, spin, and remove winners as you go.
Tip: click the wheel to spin.
8 entrys on the wheel.
Paste a list of names, spin the wheel, and let it land on one lucky person. The wheel of names is the friendliest way to make a random choice in front of a group, because everyone can watch it happen. There's no hidden algorithm to distrust and no teacher's pet to suspect — the wheel turns, slows, and stops on a name in plain sight. That transparency is exactly why teachers, club leaders, and event hosts reach for it.
Cold-calling students keeps a class engaged, but always picking the same hands (or always avoiding the quiet ones) isn't fair. Drop your whole roster onto the wheel and let it choose who answers, who reads next, or who lines up first. After each pick you can remove that student so everyone gets a turn before any name repeats — an easy way to run a full rotation without keeping a tally on paper.
Running a prize draw at a meeting, a stream, or a community event? Type or paste the entrant list, spin, and announce the winner live. Removing each winner lets you draw first, second, and third place in order from the same pool. Because the draw is visible and instant, entrants trust the outcome far more than a name pulled from a hat off-camera.
The old way to keep picks fair was a list with checkmarks, or popsicle sticks in a cup that you had to remember to set aside. The wheel of names replaces all of that. Paste the roster once at the start of the day and it stays loaded between spins, so you can call on students through every lesson without resetting anything. Remove names as you go and the wheel shrinks to just the people still waiting for a turn — the tally keeps itself, right on screen, where the whole class can see it's being done fairly.
Each name occupies an identical slice, so a class of 30 gives every student a true 1-in-30 chance on each spin. The result is generated by your browser's random number generator, not by slice position or list order. Your roster never leaves your device — nothing is uploaded — and the tool is free with no sign-up. Need to pick a single winner instead of running a rotation? The random name picker is framed for exactly that, and the random team generator splits the same list into balanced teams.
Put one name per line in the entry box. You can paste a whole column straight from a spreadsheet or sign-up sheet, and the wheel redraws automatically. There's no practical limit, though very large lists make each slice's label smaller.
Yes. After the wheel lands on a name, choose "remove" in the result pop-up to drop it from the pool, then spin again. Repeating this draws every name once before any repeats — ideal for a full classroom rotation or ordered raffle.
It is. Every name gets an equal-sized slice, so each entrant has the same chance on every spin. The winner is chosen by your browser's random number generator, and the visible spin lets your audience see the draw is legitimate.
Yes. The wheel runs entirely in your browser. The names you type are never uploaded or stored on our servers, and they disappear when you close the tab unless you save them yourself.