Prize wheel for giveaways

1. Open Examples in the toolbar for a starter list, or type your own prizes or entrant names, one per line.
2. Share your rules and the full list with entrants before you spin.
3. Press SPIN where everyone can see it, or record your screen.
4. Drawing more than one winner? Turn on "Remove winner after spin" in the toolbar so each winner leaves the wheel. For a ticket raffle with hundreds of numbers, people with several tickets, or multiple prizes and alternates, use the raffle generator.
5. Press Share so others can open the same wheel.

Short, specific prizes work best, because every slice has to fit a few words and everyone should know what they'd get. Mix one or two big prizes with several small ones, and add a "Bonus spin" or "No prize" slice only if you've said beforehand what it means.

• Online giveaways: gift card, free product, discount code, free month of your service, signed print, merch bundle.
• Streams: shout-out, pick the next game, viewer joins the next match, custom emote vote, song request, mod for a day.
• Classrooms: homework pass, pick the class song, sit anywhere for a day, extra reading time, line leader, sticker or fidget toy, first to choose at recess.
• Events and booths: branded swag, free coffee, raffle ticket, discount voucher, mystery box, "spin again".

Every slice has the same chance, so a big prize is just as likely as a small one. Plan your budget around that. To start fast, open Examples in the toolbar and tap Prize rewards, Stream giveaway or Classroom rewards, then edit the list.

Use the prize wheel as a prize-spin game at a trade show booth, school fair, fundraiser, office party or shop counter. Open it on a laptop or a screen the visitor can see, and let them press SPIN.

• Mix big and small prizes: "Free coffee", "10% off", "Sticker", "Mystery box".
• Add "Bonus spin" or "No prize" slices to make the wheel last longer. Each slice has an equal chance, so 2 "No prize" slices on a 10-slice wheel give a 2 in 10 chance of no prize.
• Each prize has a 1 in N chance, where N is the number of slices. On a 10-slice wheel with one $25 gift card, expect the card about once every 10 spins. If that's too often, stock a fixed number and take the slice off when they're gone.
• The wheel picks the prize. You hand out the real rewards.

Who wins vs. what they win

Two spins work well together. First, pick the person with the random name picker (or put entrant names on this wheel). Then spin a prize list to see what they win.

A prize wheel can be used two ways. Spin for a prize: someone has already won a turn, and the wheel decides what they get. List your prizes, one per line. Pick a winner: you have one prize and many entrants, and the wheel decides who gets it. Tap Entrant names and paste the people who entered, one per line, up to 60.

Before you paste, clean up the list. Blank lines are ignored, and duplicate lines are skipped (capital letters don't count as different). That also means you can't give someone a second chance by pasting their name twice. If people have several entries, or you have more than 60 entrants, use the raffle generator with multiple entries instead. Press Share when you're done so entrants can open the exact list you spun.

On a stream, put the wheel on screen before you start, read out the full list of prizes or entrant names, and say how many winners you'll draw. Spin live so viewers see the result as it happens, and keep a recording or a share link of the exact list you used in case anyone asks later.

For a step-by-step checklist on rules, entry lists and no-shows, see how to run a fair online giveaway.

In class, keep the rewards small, like extra reading time or picking the class song, and let students see the list before you spin. Turn on "Remove winner after spin" if each student should win only once, and paste the full list back in for the next round. If you're picking students rather than prizes, the classroom spinner is set up for that.

Either way, decide before the first spin what happens when the wheel lands on a slice like "Bonus spin" or "No prize", and stick to it. Changing the rules after a result is the quickest way to lose trust.

At an event or booth, put the wheel on a laptop or tablet facing visitors, and keep the prize list printed or written next to it so people know what's on the wheel before they spin. Restock or edit slices between spins if a prize runs out, and say so out loud. Giveaway rules differ by platform and by place, so check the ones that apply to you before you announce prizes.

Every prize or name on the list is one equal slice, up to 60. When you press SPIN, one slice is chosen at random from everything currently on the wheel, and the wheel then turns to land on it. A spin that looks close to the big prize wasn't "nearly" anything; the result was set before the wheel moved.

Because every slice is the same size, the odds come straight from the count. Ten slices, one grand prize: a 1 in 10 chance on each spin. If you want the grand prize to be rarer, add more small prizes, not thinner slices.

Turn on Remove winner after spin when a prize should only be won once. The won slice leaves the wheel, and the next spin is between what's left.

Make sure everyone can see the wheel and the full list, and disclose your contest rules before you spin. See our Terms of Service.

You have 40 entrants and three prizes: a gift card, a book and a mug. Up to 60 names fit on one wheel, so:

1. Tap Entrant names, paste the 40 names, and turn on Remove winner after spin.
2. Spin three times. Each winner leaves, so nobody wins twice. Write the three names down in order.
3. Clear the list, type the three prizes, and keep remove winner on.
4. Spin once for each winner, in the order they were drawn. Each prize leaves after it's won.

Every entrant had the same 3 in 40 chance of winning something, and each winner had an equal shot at each prize still left. Press Share on the entrant wheel before you start if you want to post the exact list you used.

• Say the order before the first spin. "Smallest prize first, gift card last" or "first name drawn picks first." Write each winner down as they come up.
• Show the full list before the first spin. People trust what they've seen.
• Edit between spins if a prize runs out, and say so out loud.
• Keep prize labels short so they're readable from across a room.
• Write results on paper as you go. The wheel shows the current spin, not a history.