Rigged Wheel Spinner
Add names and decide the winner
Instructions:
If a name contains a comma, that name will be chosen first. Include a dot into the name, and those names will be chosen last. Note: special characters are never drawn on the wheel, so the names stay clean.
COMMA=FIRST
DOT=LAST
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A wheel of names where you pick the winner
Rigged Wheel is a wheel of names spinner with one difference: you choose the result before you spin. Type or paste your list, mark the name you want, and the wheel lands on it. No sign-up, no download, and it works on a phone just as well as on a laptop.
People use this rigged wheel of names to hand out prizes at a giveaway, pick the next reader in a classroom, decide who goes first on game night, or set up a reveal that has to land on the right name.
How to spin the wheel with the winner already decided
Most spin the wheel tools leave everything to chance. This one lets you decide first. Add your names, mark the one that should win, and spin the wheel — it stops on the name you picked. Leave the marks off and it spins at random like any other wheel.
Paste your list, put a comma on the name that should come out first or a dot on the name that should come out last, then spin the wheel. Nothing to install and no account needed, on a laptop or a phone.
A fake spin the wheel that lands on the name you choose
This is a fake wheel spinner in the useful sense: a normal wheel picks at random, and a fake spin the wheel lets you set the result before it turns. Add your names, mark the one that should come out, and the wheel stops there. Leave the marks off and it spins at random like any other wheel.
People look for a fake wheel of names when the draw needs a planned ending — a prank draw among friends, a giveaway with the prize already set aside, a classroom turn, or a rehearsal that has to land on the right name. It is free, needs no sign-up, and works on a phone.
An unfair wheel of names that lands where you want
An ordinary wheel is fair: every name has the same chance. This one is an unfair wheel on purpose — you decide the result before it turns. Add your names, mark the one that should win, and the unfair wheel spinner stops on it. Leave the marks off and it behaves like any ordinary random wheel.
An unfair spin the wheel is what you want when the draw has a planned ending: a prize already set aside, a classroom turn that has to go to a particular student, a prank draw among friends, or a rehearsal that has to finish on the right name. Free, no sign-up, and it runs on a phone.
How to rig a wheel of names
The rigging is one character on one name, and it works on the free wheel with no account. Here is how to rig the spin the wheel draw, in three steps.
- Enter the names. Type them one per line, or paste a whole list in at once.
- Mark the winner. Put a comma in the name you want drawn first, or a dot in the name you want drawn last. Those characters never appear on the wheel.
- Spin. The wheel turns the full way round and stops on the name you marked. Names you left unmarked stay random.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I rig the wheel spinner?
- Add a comma to a name and that name is drawn first. Add a dot and it is drawn last. Names with neither spin at random, and those characters never appear on the wheel itself.
- Is the rigged wheel free to use?
- Yes. The free wheel takes up to 11 names and every option on this page works without an account. Premium raises the limit to 30 names and Boss removes it.
- Can I set the full order instead of just one name?
- Yes. Open Advanced options and use “Set the complete order of the list” to fix the running order from first to last, or “Use probability” to give each name its own odds.
- Can I use it as a wheel of names for a class or team?
- Yes. Paste one name per line into the copy-paste field or upload a CSV, then spin. Teachers and team leads use it for draws, turn-taking and picking a volunteer.