How this wheel works
The Prize Wheel is built for the moment where you actually hand something to a winner — a raffle, a school carnival booth, a company giveaway, a fundraiser table. Load your real prize list, spin in front of the group, and everyone sees the same fair result land at once.
It works whether you're running one big draw or a full afternoon of back-to-back spins at a booth, since resetting between winners takes seconds.
How to use this wheel
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List your actual prizes
Replace Prize 1 through 5 and Consolation with the real items or rewards you're giving away, in as much or as little detail as you want visible.
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Match quantity to your prize count
If you only have three of a certain prize, weight the wheel by duplicating that entry three times so the odds reflect real stock.
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Spin in front of the winner
Whether it's one person at a booth or a room watching a raffle, spin where the result is visible — that visibility is what makes it feel fair.
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Remove claimed prizes as you go
Turn on remove-winner so a one-of-a-kind prize can't be won twice, and the wheel naturally narrows as the day's stock runs out.
A Fair, Visible Draw for Real Prizes
Any time real prizes are on the line, how the winner is chosen matters as much as what's being given away. A hidden draw or a name pulled from a jar behind a table invites questions; a spinning wheel everyone can watch answers them before they're even asked. That's the core job of the Prize Wheel — making the selection process itself part of the transparency.
School fundraisers and carnival booths use it for exactly this reason: a line of kids or parents watches the wheel land, and there's no ambiguity about who won what. Corporate events use it for employee giveaways at conferences or holiday parties, where a projected spin adds a bit of showmanship compared to reading names off a list. Small businesses use it at trade show booths, spinning for each visitor as a low-cost way to make a booth interaction feel like an event rather than a transaction.
Because you control the prize list and how many times each entry appears, the wheel matches your actual inventory rather than promising something you can't deliver. Run out of the top prize, remove it, and the wheel adjusts instantly — no reprinting a physical wheel or explaining an inconsistency to the next person in line.
Who uses it
School fundraiser organizers
Volunteers running a prize table or raffle who want the draw visible to parents and kids so nobody questions how a winner was picked.
Corporate event hosts
Teams running conference booths or holiday party giveaways who project a spin on screen for a bit of showmanship instead of reading names off a spreadsheet.
Small business booth owners
Vendors at markets or trade shows who spin for each visitor as a quick, fun interaction that draws people to the table.
Pro tips
01Keep the wheel matched to real stock
Remove or reduce prize entries as items run out during the day, so nobody spins for something that's already been given away.
02Weight by actual quantity, not by hope
If you have ten small prizes and one grand prize, the wheel should reflect that ratio — duplicate the small prize ten times, not evenly split.
03Use remove-winner for one-of-a-kind items
Turn it on when a specific prize should only be won once, so the wheel automatically takes it out of rotation after someone claims it.
04Project it, don't just show a phone screen
For anything with a line of people watching, a bigger visible display builds more trust in the result than a small screen only the winner can see.
Prize Wheel: Spin to Award Real Prizes — FAQs
Quick answers about using OnlineWheelPicker.
Yes, load in ticket ranges, names, or prize tiers and spin live in front of the room so the audience sees exactly the same random outcome you do at the same moment — there's no need for a separate hidden draw happening somewhere else that people just have to trust was fair.