Spin the Wheel
Add names, spin the wheel and let chance pick the winner. A free, fair random name picker — perfect for giveaways, classrooms and group decisions.
Names
The winner is chosen by your browser's cryptographic randomness — fair and transparent.
Other Draw & Raffle Tools
Run a free online raffle with a spinning wheel
With Online Kura you can draw names and run giveaways in seconds — no software to install and no sign-up. Type the participants’ names, spin the wheel, and whichever segment the pointer lands on is the winner. Working like a classic wheel of fortune, this raffle wheel produces a result everyone can watch live on screen and that can’t be disputed. Pick a single winner, or spin again and again to hand out several prizes.
How does the spinning wheel work?
It’s very simple: add names one after another, remove any if needed, then hit “Spin the Wheel”. After a few turns the wheel slows to a stop and the name under the pointer wins. You can remove the winner and spin again for an elimination format — handy for ranking runner-up prizes, drawing tournament matchups or deciding an order. Because a cryptographic random number generator decides the outcome, the wheel is fair: no name is favoured and the result can’t be known in advance.
Where can you use it?
Social-media giveaways are the most common use. On Instagram, YouTube, Twitter (X) and TikTok draws you can pick the winner live, in front of your followers, for full transparency; a screen recording is enough to prove the draw.
It also suits corporate and workplace draws. For internal prize distributions, holiday bonuses, sharing tasks within a team or choosing the winner of a customer campaign, it offers a neutral, demonstrable method. HR and marketing teams can record the moment the wheel spins whenever they need to document the result.
For New Year, holiday and special-day draws it’s almost indispensable. New Year gift draws, Secret Santa, school and classroom activities, association and NGO campaigns, family gift draws or deciding “who’s paying today” among friends are all settled in seconds with this wheel.
Why Online Kura?
It’s completely free; no sign-up or app download required. It runs just as smoothly on phones, tablets and computers. Most importantly, because the result is produced with cryptographic randomness it is fair and transparent: every participant has an equal chance of winning.
A short history of drawing lots
Drawing lots is one of humanity’s oldest decision-making methods. In Ancient Athens, civic duties and jury selection were handled by a device called the "kleroterion" — a 5th-century BC stone machine still on display at the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens. The Roman Senate elected members to certain posts by lot. In the Bible, the apostles chose the replacement for Judas by casting lots. In Islamic tradition "qur‘a" was used both for inheritance and military matters. In the Ottoman era, conscription used a public draw ("kur‘a-i şer‘iyye"): each district drew names to determine who would serve in the army. The modern lottery began in Han-dynasty China (200 BC) to fund public projects; today’s national lotteries are its descendants. Today, from Instagram giveaways and corporate prize draws to classroom picks and team selection, drawing lots remains one of the shortest routes to fairness for millions of people.
The reason random draws have lasted this long is simple: everyone trusts they’re truly fair. No authority, no system, no side knows the outcome in advance. Ancient Greeks considered it more democratic than any voting mechanism. Online Kura brings this principle into the digital era: every draw is computed from scratch by your browser’s Web Crypto API cryptographic random number generator; nobody can know or alter the result in advance. The names you enter never leave your device — never sent to our servers. It’s essentially the digital version of the kleroterion, five thousand years later.
Frequently asked questions
Are the results really random and fair?
Yes. The winner is chosen by your browser’s cryptographic random number generator, and the name the pointer lands on is always the announced winner. Nothing is predetermined and no name is favoured.
Is a name wheel the same as a wheel of fortune?
Yes, it works the same way. “Name picker wheel”, “raffle wheel” and “wheel of fortune” are different names for the same tool: you add entries, spin, and the name the pointer stops on is the winner.
How many names can I add?
You can add as many names as you like, starting from two. As the list grows, the wheel segments resize automatically so they stay readable even with long lists.
Can I use it for holiday or Secret Santa draws?
Absolutely. It’s ideal for holiday gift draws, Secret Santa, prize giveaways or any special-occasion pick — just enter the names and spin.
Is it suitable for company or corporate draws?
Yes. For internal prize draws, choosing a campaign winner or sharing tasks within a team, it gives a neutral, demonstrable result. You can screen-record the spin to document the draw.
How do I run an Instagram or YouTube giveaway?
Add the participants’ usernames to the wheel and spin it live or while screen-recording. The name the pointer stops on wins; share the recording to show your followers the draw was transparent.
Does it work on mobile and tablet?
Yes. The wheel is designed to work smoothly on phones, tablets and computers. You can spin it by tapping the wheel or using the “Spin the Wheel” button.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
It’s completely free and needs no account. Open the page, type the names and spin the wheel.
How do I stop the same name winning twice?
Once a winner is drawn, press “Remove Winner”; that name is removed from the list and can’t win on the next spin. This lets you run elimination or ranked picks.
Are the names and data I enter stored?
No. Everything runs only in your browser; the names and lists you enter are never sent to a server, stored or shared with anyone. When you close the page, this data is gone.
How do I add Online Kura to my phone’s home screen?
iPhone (Safari): open the page, tap the Share icon and choose “Add to Home Screen”. Android (Chrome): open the three-dot menu at the top right and tap “Add to Home screen” (or “Install app”). Then you can open Online Kura like an app with one tap.