Random Number Generator Wheel

Why spin for a number instead of clicking generate

A button that prints a number asks you to take it on faith. A wheel shows you the whole set of possibilities and where the pointer landed, which is why classroom draws and giveaways use them. The result is identical; the credibility is not.

That matters most when someone else is watching. A number appearing in a box is an assertion. A wheel stopping on a slice is evidence.

Setting your own range

The wheel is just a list, so any range works — replace the entries with 1 to 6 for a die, 1 to 100 for a raffle, or a handful of specific numbers if only some are valid. Non-sequential sets are fine too: 5, 10, 20, 50 is a perfectly good wheel.

Ranges that are not 1 to N

Because every line is just text, the wheel handles ranges a numeric generator makes awkward. Prices like 5, 10, 20, 50. Even numbers only. Ticket numbers with a prefix. Anything you can type on separate lines becomes a slice with an equal share.

The trade-off is that the wheel does not know these are numbers, so it will not sort them or check for gaps. For a long sequential range, generate the list elsewhere and paste it in.

Drawing several numbers at once

For a draw that needs more than one winner, switch on "Remove the winner after each spin" and spin as many times as you need prizes. That guarantees no repeats, which is what most raffles actually require and what a plain generator will not give you without extra bookkeeping.