About WheelOurNames

WheelOurNames is a free, privacy-first random picker wheel built for teachers, streamers, and anyone who needs a fair, transparent way to decide something. Paste a list of names, numbers, prizes, or options, spin the wheel, and get a result everyone in the room can see happen.

What makes it different

Every spin draws from crypto.getRandomValues, your browser's cryptographically secure random source — the same primitive used to generate security keys. The animation is cosmetic; the winner is fixed the moment you spin.

Everything runs client-side. Your entries, colours, and winner history stay in your own browser and are never uploaded unless you deliberately save a wheel to the cloud. There is currently no advertising. Google Analytics loads only if you accept analytics in our notice, and wheel entries and names are never sent to it. No account is required to create or spin a wheel — signing in is optional and only adds cloud saving. The interface is available in 23 languages, and once the page has loaded the wheel keeps working even if your connection drops — which matters in classrooms with unreliable Wi-Fi and at live events.

The fairness simulator

Claiming randomness is easy; showing it is better. The built-in fairness simulator on the home page runs hundreds or thousands of virtual spins through the exact same engine and graphs how often each entry won. Over enough trials each entry converges on its share of the wheel, so you can check the results yourself rather than take our word for it — useful when a class, a chat, or a giveaway audience asks whether the draw was rigged. A full write-up of the random source, the weighted probability model and what a simulation can and cannot show lives on our fairness and randomness page.

Editorial approach

The articles in our resources section are written and published by the WheelOurNames team. Product-specific technical claims — how the random source works, how weights become probabilities, what a Draw Record hash covers — are checked against the current implementation before publication. Where an article touches on factual matters outside the product itself, we rely on authoritative or primary sources where appropriate. If you spot an error, corrections are welcome through the contact address below.

Contact

Questions, bug reports, or feature requests? Reach us at contact@wheelournames.com.

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