Spinning wheel for a giveaway
Type in the participants, show the spin on screen and announce the winner. Full-screen mode is made for projectors and streams.
Click the wheel or press space to spin. Up to 200 options; labels hide above twenty-four.
What came up
Why it looks more convincing
The audience sees the process rather than a finished number. The list on screen, the spin, the stop — all in front of them. Psychologically that lands better than announcing “number 47 wins”, even though the mathematics is identical.
Full-screen mode strips the settings and leaves the wheel filling the display. The “remove the winner” option draws several prizes in a row without editing the list.
Where the line is
Plainly: the wheel does not prove fairness. It stores nothing, and a viewer who missed the stream can verify nothing. Fine for a friendly draw; not enough for a valuable prize and outside participants.
If the result must be defended, run the draw through the winner picker: the list is committed by fingerprint before the results, the draw happens once and anyone can recompute it. Then spin the wheel for the show.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Why does a wheel look more convincing?
Because the audience sees the process rather than a finished number. The list, the spin, the stop — all in front of them. That lands better psychologically than announcing “number 47 wins”, even though the mathematics is the same.
How do I draw several prizes in a row?
Tick “remove the winner”: the sector disappears after each stop and the next spin runs without it.
Does this prove the draw was fair?
No, and that is worth saying plainly. The wheel stores nothing, and a viewer who missed the stream can verify nothing. If the result must be defended, run the draw through the winner picker.
How many participants fit?
Up to two hundred, but labels hide above twenty-four. For large contests the draw by numbers is more practical.
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