Fortune Wheel

FAQ

Fortune Wheel FAQ

What is Fortune Wheel and what can I do with it?

Fortune Wheel is an independent guide to spinning wheels for decisions, random name and number pickers, and prize and giveaway wheels. It explains how wheel randomness works, how to set odds with slice size, and how to run picks and draws that are genuinely fair, so you can settle a choice, pick a name, or run a giveaway with confidence.

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About the site

Fortune Wheel collects plain-English guides to every common use of a spinning wheel: settling decisions, picking random names and numbers, splitting teams, running classroom participation, and handing out prizes through prize, giveaway, and raffle wheels. The throughline is fairness: each guide explains not just how to spin, but how to make sure the result is as fair as it looks.

The site is reader-supported. Some outbound links may be affiliate links, which never changes the advice; we only point to tools we would actually use to build a wheel or run a draw.

The questions we hear most

The most common worry is whether online wheels are truly random, and the short answer is that a well-built one is, because it uses a random number generator to choose where it stops. The second most common is about odds, which always come down to slice size: an option's chance equals its share of the circle. The third is how to draw several winners without repeats, which you do by removing each pick as it lands.

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Tools for faq

Each slot below is reserved for a wheel tool or resource we would use ourselves. We are adding them as we build and vet them; nothing here is a paid placement.

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Tool slot Guide index

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Are online spinning wheels really random?
A well-built one is. It uses a random number generator to choose where the wheel stops, within the odds the slices set, so equal slices give equal chances. The spin you see is an animation of a result the generator already picked, not something you can influence.
How do the odds on a wheel work?
An option's chance equals its share of the circle. Ten equal slices give each a one in ten chance; a slice twice as wide wins twice as often. The same option on two slices has double the odds. To weight a wheel honestly, change slice sizes openly so the odds are visible.
How do I draw multiple winners without repeats?
Remove each name or number as it is drawn, then spin again. The wheel shrinks with every pull and nobody can be chosen twice. Keep going until you have all your winners. Most pickers have a remove-after-pick setting that does this for you automatically.
Can I use a wheel for a real giveaway?
Yes. Load every valid entry, spin once in view of your audience, and draw a backup or two. The fairness comes from doing the draw transparently with a clean, locked entry list and a visible spin. A public, recorded draw is what makes a giveaway result trusted.

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Fortune Wheel is reader-supported. Some links on this site are affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission when you sign up or buy through them, at no extra cost to you. We only point to tools we would actually use to build a wheel or run a giveaway.