Spin the Wheel

Raffle Wheel – Random Winner Picker

Raffle Wheel is a free random picker that holds 20 options such as Ticket 1, Ticket 11 and Ticket 20. One spin lands on exactly one of them — no signup and no download.

Spin the raffle wheel to draw a random winner. It works for charity raffles, school fundraisers, social media giveaways, office prize draws and any event where the draw needs to happen in front of people.

Replace the ticket numbers with entrant names, ticket stubs or handles and the wheel does the rest.

How Does the Raffle Wheel Work?

Every entry takes an equal slice of the wheel. One spin lands on a single winner, visible to everyone watching at the same moment. No signup and nothing to install.

The default list is twenty numbered tickets. Paste your own entrants over it and the wheel adjusts the segments automatically, however many there are.

Drawing More Than One Winner

For multiple prizes, turn on the remove-selected option. Each winner is taken out of the pool after their spin, so nobody can win twice and every prize goes to a different entrant.

Leave it off when the same person is allowed to win again, which suits repeated small prizes more than a single prize ladder.

Running a Draw People Trust

A raffle is only as good as its credibility. Three things help: show the full entrant list on screen before spinning, spin live rather than announcing a result later, and use one continuous recording if the draw is streamed.

Announce the rules before the first spin — how many winners, whether repeats are allowed, and what happens if a winner is absent. Deciding that afterwards is what causes disputes.

Fundraisers, Giveaways and Events

For a school or charity fundraiser, entering ticket numbers keeps the draw anonymous while still being public. For a social media giveaway, pasting entrant handles makes the process visible to followers who did not win.

For prize wheels with different rewards rather than different entrants, the prize wheel is the better setup.

Handling Absent Winners and Redraws

Set the rule in advance: either the prize is held for the absent winner, or you redraw immediately. Both are fine, but choosing after a name comes up looks like the draw is being steered.

If you redraw, remove the absent entrant first so the same name cannot reappear.

Weighted Draws and Multiple Entries

Some raffles give people more than one ticket. The wheel handles that directly: add the same name once per ticket and their share of the wheel grows in proportion.

Someone with five tickets appears five times and has five times the chance, which is exactly how a physical ticket drum behaves. There is nothing else to configure.

Be clear with entrants about how many entries each person holds before the draw. A weighted raffle is perfectly fair, but only if everyone knew it was weighted.

Recording the Draw for Entrants Who Missed It

Most disputes about a raffle come from people who were not watching. A single unedited recording of the draw solves that: the entrant list is visible, the spin happens, the result appears.

Post the recording alongside the winner announcement rather than the name alone. It costs nothing and removes the entire category of complaint about how the draw was run.

Is the Raffle Wheel Really Random?

Yes. Every entry occupies a slice of the same size and the stopping point is generated randomly on each spin, so nothing is weighted and no option is favoured. The wheel keeps no memory of previous spins.

That is why repeats happen. Getting the same result twice in a row is normal for a fair draw, not a sign the wheel is rigged.

More Random Generators

Try the random number generator, the random letter wheel or the random colour wheel. The random wheel category collects every generator.

How do I run a raffle with the wheel?

Replace the ticket numbers with your entrants, show the full list on screen, then spin once. The winner is drawn live in front of everyone, which is what makes the result easy to accept.

Can I draw several winners without repeats?

Yes. Turn on the remove-selected option and each winner is taken out of the pool after their spin, so every prize goes to a different entrant.

How many entrants can the wheel handle?

The segments resize automatically, so large lists work. With very long lists the labels get small on screen, which is why many organisers use ticket numbers rather than full names.

What if the winner is not there?

Decide the rule before you start: either hold the prize, or redraw with that entrant removed. Deciding after a name comes up is what makes a draw look unfair.

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