Wheel Spinner
The wheel settles arguments the polite way: type up to twelve entries - names, chores, restaurants, who-does-dishes - and the wheel draws them as colored segments, spins, and stops on one. The pick is not the animation's: the winner is chosen first by the browser's cryptographic random source, and the wheel simply spins to where that winner already lives, so the confetti never outruns the math.
Every spin lands in a history list with a timestamp, so a teacher picking presenters or a team dividing tasks has a record of what the wheel decided - and can re-spin knowing the previous winners. Everything runs in the browser tab: the entries never leave the page, and the same crypto random behind the site's coin flip and shuffles picks the segment.
How to use
- Type one entry per line (2 to 12) - the wheel redraws its segments live as you type.
- Press Spin: the wheel picks the winner first, then spins to it with a five-turn flourish.
- Winners stack in the history line below - spin again and the record grows, newest first.
Frequently asked questions
Is the wheel actually fair?
The winner is selected by crypto.getRandomValues - the browser's cryptographic random generator - before the spin animates, and every entry gets an equal chance regardless of segment size on screen. The spinning wheel is theater for a pick that has already been made honestly, which is the right order: animation after randomness, never instead of it.
How many entries can the wheel hold?
Two to twelve - enough for a classroom or a dinner decision, few enough that every segment stays readable at a glance. For bigger lists the same site's random picker and list shuffler handle the draw without drawing a wheel at all; the wheel earns its keep when a small group needs to SEE the fairness.
Does my list get saved or sent anywhere?
No - entries live in the page's memory and the whole spin runs locally; there is no upload, no account and no storage between visits. Refresh the page and both wheel and history reset. That is the honest privacy posture for a tool people paste real names into.
Why does the wheel always stop exactly on the winner?
Because the stop angle is calculated from the winner's segment: the pick happens first, then the wheel spins five full turns plus the angle that parks the pointer on that segment. The flourish is calibrated, not faked - a wheel that bounced to a different segment than the announced winner would be the kind of theater this page exists to avoid.
Can I use it to pick who pays or who presents?
That is the classic use - the wheel converts a negotiation everyone is tired of into a ceremony everyone accepts, which is its real job. For anything with real consequences (prizes, assignments) use the history line as the record, or step up to a seeded draw where participants can verify the randomness themselves.