Spin the wheel

How to use the wheel

1. Write your entries in the box, one on each line: names, places, meals, tasks. The wheel shows them as you type.
2. Press Spin, or click the wheel. It turns for a few seconds, then stops.
3. The entry under the arrow at the top is the pick, and it’s shown under the wheel.
4. To pick again without the same winner, press Remove under its name: its line leaves the box, and you can spin again.

Shuffle mixes your lines into a random order. It doesn’t change anyone’s chance; it just moves the slices around the wheel.

How the pick works

When you press Spin, the winner is picked first, with your browser’s secure random numbers, the same kind it uses for passwords. Then the wheel turns several times and stops at a random place inside the winner’s slice, never on a line between two slices, so there’s no doubt about the result.

Every line has the same chance: with 6 lines, each has a 1 in 6 chance, about 17%. Nothing you do changes it: not how often you spin, not where the wheel was before.

Your entries stay on your device: nothing is sent to EasiFox or anyone else.

An example

Six friends want to decide in what order they present their projects. They type their names:

Alex Sam Jordan Taylor Riley Morgan

The first spin stops on Riley: Riley goes first. They press Remove “Riley” from the wheel, and 5 names are left, each now with a 1 in 5 chance. Four more spins, removing each winner, give the whole order, and the last name left goes last.

Ideas for the wheel

• In class: pick who answers next, who reads aloud, or a topic for each group. Remove each pupil once picked, so everyone gets a turn.
• At home: who does the dishes, what to cook tonight, which film to watch.
• At work: who speaks first at the stand-up, who takes notes, which task to start with.
• With friends: a game’s order of play, a forfeit, a restaurant.
• Online: the winner of a giveaway or a raffle, with your screen recorded for proof.
• When you can’t decide: put your choices on the wheel and spin. If you feel let down by the result, that’s a sign you wanted another one.

Tips

• Give some entries more chance by writing them on more lines: three lines of “Pizza” and one of “Salad” make pizza three times as likely.
• Keep names short: long ones are cut on the wheel to fit their slice, but the full name shows under it.
• To pick several winners, spin once for each and remove each winner, so no one wins twice.
• For teams, spin and remove in turn, giving each winner to the next team, until no names are left.
• Keep your list: copy it from the box into a note before you leave, as it isn’t saved.