Prize Wheel
Popular Prize Ideas
Prize wheel spinner — a spin to win wheel you can set up in a minute
A prize wheel turns an ordinary giveaway into a moment people watch. Type in your prizes, press Spin, and the wheel slows down and lands on one of them while the crowd — at a trade show booth, in a classroom or on a livestream — waits to see what they won. This online prize wheel runs in any browser, needs no sign-up, and gives every prize on the wheel an equal slice.
The wheel opens with eight sample prizes so you can try a spin straight away. Replace them with your own, or browse more than 500 ready-made ideas in the Popular Prize Ideas list and add them with a tap. If you need to pick a person rather than a prize — the winner of a contest, say — the wheel of names is built for that, and you can run both: draw the winner there, then let them spin here for what they take home.
How to make a prize wheel in three steps
- List your prizes. Type one prize per line in the box next to the wheel — "10% off", "Free coffee", "Tote bag", "Try again". The wheel redraws as you type, with up to 1,000 entries allowed.
- Make it yours. Change the colours, the centre theme and the spin sound so the wheel matches your brand or event, then switch to full screen for a big display.
- Spin to win. Press Spin or tap the wheel. The result pops up with the winning prize; choose whether to keep it on the wheel or remove it so the same prize can't be won twice.
That's the whole job — no cardboard, no paint and no spinner hardware to build. A screen you already have, like a laptop, a tablet on a stand or a TV at your booth, becomes the prize wheel.
What are the odds on a prize wheel?
Every entry gets the same size slice, so the chance of landing on any one prize is simply one divided by the number of prizes on the wheel. Spins are independent: a prize that just came up has exactly the same chance on the next spin unless you remove it.
| Prizes on the wheel | Odds per prize | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| 4 prizes | 1 in 4 | 25% |
| 6 prizes | 1 in 6 | about 16.7% |
| 8 prizes | 1 in 8 | 12.5% |
| 10 prizes | 1 in 10 | 10% |
| 12 prizes | 1 in 12 | about 8.3% |
This matters when you plan a giveaway budget. On an eight-slice wheel with one big prize, roughly one spin in eight will land on it — so if you expect 200 spins over a weekend, plan for around 25 big-prize wins, or remove the big prize once it has been won. Many stores fill some slices with small prizes or "Spin again" so everyone walks away with something without blowing the budget.
Five ways people use an online prize wheel
- Trade shows and booths. A spinning wheel on a screen draws foot traffic better than a bowl of pens. Offer one spin per business card or newsletter sign-up.
- Store and café promotions. Discounts, freebies and loyalty points on the wheel give customers a reason to come back — and the result is decided in front of them.
- Livestream giveaways. Share your screen and spin live so viewers can see the draw is fair; our streamer giveaway guide walks through the full setup.
- Classroom rewards. Teachers put privileges on the wheel — line leader, extra recess, homework pass — and let a student spin after a good week.
- Office parties and team events. Raffle off swag or gift cards at the holiday party, or spin for who wins the team-building game prize.
Running a ticket-based draw with numbered stubs instead? The raffle wheel is set up for entries rather than prizes, and the random number generator can pull a winning ticket number from any range.
Is the prize wheel fair?
The winning slice is chosen by your browser's random number generator at the moment you spin, and the animation is drawn to land on that result — it isn't steered by speed or by where the wheel stopped last time. Nothing is decided on a server and no one can rig a spin from another device.
Be honest with your audience about what's on the wheel: list every prize visibly, and don't advertise a prize that isn't actually a slice. For an informal giveaway that's all you need. If you are running a formal sweepstakes or contest — especially one with a purchase requirement or valuable prizes — check your local rules first, since many places regulate how winners are drawn and recorded. You can export results as PDF, CSV or text to keep a record of each spin.
Need a quick yes-or-no call instead of a prize? The yes or no wheel settles it in one spin, and you'll find dozens more ready-made wheels in the wheel templates library.