One line, one chance
Ten names means each person covers a tenth of the wheel. Add a name and everyone else’s slice gets smaller by the same rule.
Wheel of Names
Ten names are already on the wheel. Spin to see a pick, or replace the lines with the people you actually need to choose from.
What a wheel of names is for
A wheel of names picks one person from a list the room can see. Each line in the box is one slice. This page opens with ten names so you can spin immediately and learn the click. When you have a real list, paste it over those names, one person per line.
Use it for a meeting, a party, a giveaway, or any group where you need one name at random. A classroom that should not call the same student twice has its own page, and that one removes the winner for you. Here, the name stays on the wheel until you remove it.
The draw happens in the browser. The spin is the reveal. Watching the wheel slow down does not change a winner that was already chosen.
How to spin this wheel of names
Spin the ten names that are already here if you only want to try it. For a real pick, select the box and paste your own names, one per line.
Click the wheel. The winner card shows the name at the pointer.
Spin again to allow the same person to come up, or press Remove winner if the next pick must be someone else.
The names already on the wheel
Alex, Blake, Casey, Drew, Eden, Finley, Gray, Harper, Indigo, and Jules are the starter list. They are equal slices. They are not a class roster and not a raffle. They are here so the wheel of names works before you have typed anything.
Your edited list is saved in this browser under this page only. The home page keeps its own list. Closing the tab does not send the names to a server.
How a name gets picked
Every name you leave in the box has the same size slice, unless you later set a weight on purpose.
Repeats until you remove someone
This page does not drop the winner. That is what you want when the same person is allowed to be picked again. Use Remove winner, or the classroom page, when repeats are the problem.
The list stays on this device
A share link is optional. Until you create one, the names are only in this browser.
Put your own names in
Paste from a spreadsheet, a roster, or a comment list. Blank lines are ignored. If two people share a name, add a last initial so the room knows who won.
After a real event, leave the list if you will use the same people next time. Replace it when the group changes. The sample names are only the starting point.
Same spinner
Other ready wheels
- Yes or No WheelYes and No are already on the wheel, four of each. Ask your question, then spin. You do not need to type anything first.
- Raffle WheelEight entrants are on the wheel, and the winner is removed as soon as the spin stops. Spin again for the next prize without drawing the same person.
- Random Number WheelThe numbers 1 through 20 are already on the wheel. Spin to pick one. The number stays on the wheel, so the next spin can land on it again.
- Classroom Name PickerTwelve students are already on the wheel. Spin to call one. That student is removed, so the next question goes to someone else.