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Spin the Wheel: Random Name Picker

Spin the wheel of names to pick a random winner, student, or answer. Type one entry per line, spin, and remove the winner if you are drawing more than one. Free, no sign-up, and the draw runs in your browser.

We have a winner!

How to Use

  1. Type or paste entries into the box, one per line.
  2. Click the wheel or press Spin.
  3. Read the winner in the pop-up.
  4. Press Remove to take that entry off before the next spin, or Close to keep it.

Common Uses

Classrooms

Pick who answers next or set a presentation order. Project the page so the class sees the spin, then remove each student as they go.

Giveaways and raffles

Paste entrant names, spin on a screen share or live stream, and remove each winner so nobody wins twice.

Team meetings

Choose who runs the stand-up, takes notes, or reviews the next pull request without anyone having to volunteer.

Decisions

Put restaurant options, chores, or yes and no on the wheel and let it decide. Add an option twice to tilt the odds.

How the Draw Stays Fair

When you press Spin, the tool first draws the winning slice with crypto.getRandomValues, the same secure generator browsers use for encryption keys. Each of n slices has a 1 in n chance. It then picks a random resting spot inside that slice and animates about six full turns to reach it.

Because the result is decided before the wheel moves, nothing about the animation can bias it: not the spin length, not where the wheel stopped last time, and not how the slices are ordered. The Shuffle button uses the same generator with a Fisher-Yates shuffle, so reordering the list does not change anyone's odds either.

Need numbers, dice, or a shuffled list instead of a single winner? Use the random number generator and list randomizer.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I use the spin the wheel tool?▾
Type or paste your entries into the box, one per line. The wheel updates as you type. Click the wheel or the Spin button, and after about five seconds the winner appears in a pop-up where you can close it or remove that entry from the wheel.
Is the wheel actually random?▾
Yes. The winner is drawn with crypto.getRandomValues, the browser's cryptographically secure random generator, before the wheel starts moving. Every entry has an equal chance. The animation then travels to the slice that was already drawn, so how long or fast the wheel spins has no effect on who wins.
Can I give one entry a higher chance of winning?▾
Add it more than once. Each line is its own slice, so a name entered three times on a wheel of ten lines has a 3 in 10 chance. There is no separate weight setting.
How do I remove a name after it wins?▾
Click Remove in the winner pop-up. It deletes one copy of that entry from the list, so the next spin draws only from the names that are left. This is the usual way to run a raffle with several prizes or to pick a presentation order.
Are my names saved?▾
Your list is saved in your browser's local storage, so it is still there when you come back on the same device. Nothing is uploaded to a server. The results list is kept only until you reload the page.
How many entries can the wheel hold?▾
There is no hard limit, but labels shrink as the wheel fills and become hard to read above roughly 100 entries. Long entries are shortened on the wheel after 22 characters; the full text still shows in the winner pop-up.
Can I turn off the ticking sound?▾
Yes, use the Sound button under the entry list. The tick is generated in your browser each time a slice passes the pointer; no audio file is downloaded.
What does this tool not do?▾
It does not support images on slices, custom colour themes, saved wheels you can share by link, or accounts. If you need those, dedicated wheel sites offer them. This page is an independent wheel spinner, not affiliated with wheelofnames.com, built for a quick, fair spin with no sign-up.

By Toolember · Updated September 2026