Frequently asked questions

Yes, completely. Every feature on this site — unlimited spins, sound, fullscreen mode, winner removal, list import and export, and all twelve languages — is free. There is no account to create, no trial period, and no paid tier that unlocks the useful settings. You can use it for a lesson, a charity raffle or a company draw without paying anything or entering a card.

Up to 500 entries per wheel. In practice, readability matters more than the limit: past roughly 60 names the labels start shrinking on a phone screen. If you have a very long list, use fullscreen mode, project it on a larger display, or split the draw into rounds — spin once to pick a group, then spin again within it.

It is genuinely random. Every spin requests a fresh value from your browser's cryptographic random number generator, and that value alone decides where the pointer lands. Nothing in the code inspects the names, weights a segment, or favours a position on the wheel. Each entry occupies an identical slice, so with 25 names every name has exactly a 4% chance on every spin.

Yes — enter it more than once. Two lines with the same name means two segments, which is exactly double the chance. This is the only weighting method, and it is deliberately visible: anyone watching can count the segments and see how the odds were set.

No. Your entries stay in your own browser. They are saved to your device's local storage so the wheel still holds your list after a refresh, and that copy never travels to any server. We cannot read your list, and clearing your browser data erases it completely.

Yes. The layout adapts to any screen width, and you can tap the wheel itself to spin instead of hunting for a button. It works on iPad and Android tablets, on classroom interactive panels, and on desktop browsers. For whiteboards, fullscreen mode gives the wheel the whole display.

Yes. Open the Settings tab and switch off sound effects — that silences both the ticking during the spin and the fanfare when a winner is drawn. The setting is remembered on your device, so a quiet classroom stays quiet next time. Some browsers also require one tap on the page before any audio can play at all.

Turn on 'Remove winner after each spin' in Settings before you begin. Each winner is taken off the wheel automatically as soon as you close the popup, so the second spin draws from the remaining names. You can also remove a winner manually with the button in the popup if you only need it occasionally.

Yes, in two ways. Your list is kept in your browser automatically, so returning to the site on the same device brings it back. For a copy you control, use 'Download .txt' to save the list as a file, then 'Upload file' to load it on any other device — useful when you move between a home laptop and a classroom computer.

Twelve: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Indonesian and Arabic, including right-to-left layout for Arabic. Choose one from the globe button in the header and your choice is remembered on that device. The wheel itself accepts names in any script or alphabet.