FairWheelPick guides explain how random picks work and how to use a spinner wheel well: fair draws, giveaways, classrooms and making your own wheel. Every guide is written to answer a real question people ask, and links to the sources it relies on.
Fairness and proof
- Can a spinner wheel be rigged? How to prove your draw was fair
- How we keep the wheel fair: the secure draw, step by step, and the built-in fairness test
- Check a draw: confirm an entry list matches the fingerprint shown before the spin
- Changelog: every change to the wheel, with dates
- Wheel probability explained: odds, repeats, streaks and expected value, with real numbers
Giveaways and prize draws
- How to pick a giveaway winner fairly on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok
- Giveaway picker: clean a pasted comment list and draw winners with backups
- How to run a fair raffle: laws, numbered tickets, odds, the draw and tax
- Raffle generator: draw winning tickets for each prize
- How to give someone more entries, fairly: weights, odds, Facebook and Instagram rules
Classroom
- 25 ways teachers use a spinner wheel (without putting students on the spot)
- Classroom spinner wheels: brain breaks, question wheel and review-game points
How-to
- How to make a spin the wheel: online, on your phone or with paper
- 100 spin the wheel ideas with lists you can copy
- Spin the wheel in PowerPoint, Google Slides and Canva: step by step, and which methods are truly random
- Pick a random name in Excel or Google Sheets: copy-paste formulas
Wheels to try
- Spin the wheel for any list
- Random name picker with no repeats
- Yes or no wheel
- Decision maker
- Number wheel
- Color wheel spinner
- Letter wheel
- Everyday decision wheels: what to eat, what to watch and chores
- Creative prompt wheels: drawing, writing and characters
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