Is the lucky draw fair?

Yes. Every spin uses crypto.getRandomValues() — the browser's cryptographically secure random function — to pick a winning slice. The wheel then animates to land on it. The visible spin is cosmetic; the result is decided up front from operating-system entropy. There's no way for the host to nudge the result without explicitly editing the wheel beforehand.

How do I run a multi-prize draw?

Set 'Pick count' in Settings to the number of prizes (up to 20). The wheel spins once per prize, automatically removing already-drawn names, and shows the full winner list at the end.

How do I weight entries by tickets purchased?

Use the Name*N syntax. 'Alice*5' gives Alice five slices on the wheel — five times the odds of someone with one ticket. This is the standard model for multi-ticket raffles.

Can I run the draw on stage with a large audience?

Yes. Press F for fullscreen — the wheel fills the screen with no UI distraction. Pair with a wireless presenter clicker (Space bar = spin) so you can run the draw while standing on the stage.

Can I prove the draw was fair afterwards?

Share the wheel URL with co-organizers before the draw. The encoded URL contains the exact entries — if any name was added or removed after the URL was shared, the encoding wouldn't match. After the draw, the winner list is recoverable from spin history. For high-stakes draws (large prizes, regulated jurisdictions), supplement with a video recording of the live spin.

Lucky Draw Wheel — Online Prize Draw

Run a transparent lucky draw — at a company event, festival, conference, or charity fundraiser — without a physical drum, slip-of-paper hat, or spreadsheet randomization no one trusts. The lucky draw wheel takes your participants, spins live, and lands on a winner. Multiple prizes, weighted tickets, fullscreen for the stage screen.

Built for HR teams running employee draws, conference organizers picking session-prize winners, festival hosts, charity raffles, and anyone running a live lucky draw with an audience.

Open the wheel →

Sample entries — Holiday party draw

Aarav*3
Beatrix*2
Carlos
Daniela*2
Eli
Fatima*4
Gabriel
Hina*2
Isaac
Jasmine

Copy these into the Entries tab on the main wheel.

Why use this wheel

Multi-winner draws (up to 20 winners per session)
Weighted entries for multi-ticket holders
Shareable URL — co-organizers verify the same wheel
Fullscreen for stage / projector use
Confetti + sound + TTS announcement of winners
Free, no signup, no ads

Common uses

Company holiday draws. Drop the staff list, set Pick count to the number of prizes, spin live at the year-end party.
Conference session prizes. Audience-of-200 + 5 prizes. Drop badges into the wheel, spin, project the winner on the main screen.
Festival and event giveaways. On-stage prize drops with a visible wheel — replaces the 'reach in and pick a slip' ritual.
Charity fundraiser draws. Weight by tickets purchased, draw a winner per prize tier, share the wheel URL with co-hosts for verification.
Customer giveaways. Email-list draws, social-media follower draws, post-purchase survey rewards.

What makes a lucky draw 'fair'

A lucky draw is fair when (a) every entrant has the correct probability of winning relative to their entry weight, (b) the random source is unpredictable, and (c) the process is verifiable by an outside observer. Physical drums and slip-of-paper draws can fail on (a) (slips clump in the corners, larger slips are easier to grab) and on (c) (the audience has to trust the host didn't peek).

Online wheels can fail on (b) if they use weak randomness — Math.random() in particular is deterministic and reproducible from a known seed. This site uses crypto.getRandomValues(), which seeds from the operating system's high-entropy pool: hardware timing variations, CPU cycle counts, mouse-and-keyboard jitter. The result is unpredictable in any practical sense — orders of magnitude better than physical draws on the unpredictability axis, equal-or-better on the unbiased-distribution axis, and verifiable through URL-encoded entries.

Live event tips

Test the wheel on the actual screen before the event. Projectors with strong color casts can flatten the slice colors — pick a high-contrast palette in advance.

Pair with a wireless presenter clicker. Space bar triggers a spin, so any clicker that emulates Page Down + Space (most do) lets you spin from anywhere on stage.

Pre-load the wheel and verify the entry count on the projector before announcing the draw. 'I'm picking from 247 entries' should match what's on screen.

For high-stakes draws (>$1000 prize value), record video of the live spin and keep the URL-encoded share link for after-the-fact verification.

How to use lucky draw wheel — online prize draw

Add entrants. Paste names or ticket holders, one per line. Use 'Name*N' to weight by tickets purchased.
Set prize count. Open Settings → Pick count → set to the number of prizes.
Project fullscreen. Press F for fullscreen, plug the laptop into the venue projector.
Spin live. Press Space (or the wheel) to spin. Each spin picks one winner; the wheel auto-removes them and continues.

Frequently asked questions

Is the lucky draw fair?: Yes. Every spin uses crypto.getRandomValues() — the browser's cryptographically secure random function — to pick a winning slice. The wheel then animates to land on it. The visible spin is cosmetic; the result is decided up front from operating-system entropy. There's no way for the host to nudge the result without explicitly editing the wheel beforehand.
How do I run a multi-prize draw?: Set 'Pick count' in Settings to the number of prizes (up to 20). The wheel spins once per prize, automatically removing already-drawn names, and shows the full winner list at the end.
How do I weight entries by tickets purchased?: Use the Name*N syntax. 'Alice*5' gives Alice five slices on the wheel — five times the odds of someone with one ticket. This is the standard model for multi-ticket raffles.
Can I run the draw on stage with a large audience?: Yes. Press F for fullscreen — the wheel fills the screen with no UI distraction. Pair with a wireless presenter clicker (Space bar = spin) so you can run the draw while standing on the stage.
Can I prove the draw was fair afterwards?: Share the wheel URL with co-organizers before the draw. The encoded URL contains the exact entries — if any name was added or removed after the URL was shared, the encoding wouldn't match. After the draw, the winner list is recoverable from spin history. For high-stakes draws (large prizes, regulated jurisdictions), supplement with a video recording of the live spin.

Free random spinner from SpinOfLuck — no signup, no ads, runs entirely in your browser.