About Me (and the Wheel!)

Hi there — I'm so glad you found your way to randomwheelspin.com. I'm the creator of this wheel of names, but more importantly, I'm someone who genuinely just loves making decisions more fun, fair, and stress-free.

How It All Started

Let me take you back a few years. One rainy weekend, I walked into the living room to find my kids sitting on the floor, huddled around a cereal box. Inside the box? Scraps of paper with their names on them. They were trying to decide who got to pick the next movie. It was surprisingly intense — folded names flying everywhere, paper sticking to fingers, accusations of cheating (you know how siblings are), and lots of laughter in between. That simple moment sparked an idea. “There has to be a better way,” I thought. Something digital. Something visual. Something that feels fair and still brings that same excitement — minus the mess and sibling debates. That's when the wheel was born.

Why I Built the Wheel of Names

I wanted to build a simple, fun, and fair tool that anyone could use — from families deciding on movie night, to teachers picking students, to coworkers assigning tasks, or even streamers doing giveaways. Let's face it: decision-making can be tricky. People want it to feel unbiased. No favourites. No arguments. No dice-rolling or number-picking that feels too random to trust. A spinning wheel adds a sense of transparency and anticipation — and the best part? Everyone gets to watch it spin together. So I built a wheel of names that's not just colorful and easy to use, but also provably fair. Yep, behind the scenes there's some serious tech doing the heavy lifting. It's powered by cryptographic randomness and verifiable hashes — meaning every spin can be traced, audited, and verified. No tricks, no hidden rigging, just real results you can trust.

How People Use It

I've been amazed at the creativity people bring to the wheel:

Teachers use it in classrooms to randomly call on students or assign group roles.

One of my daughters has autism and I have found the wheel to have a visibly calming effect on her. I found this out by chance one stressful morning (when she was getting ready for school!) and I passed her my phone with a prototype wheel on it for her to try and she dramatically went from being very stressed to being focussed on the wheel, especially enjoying getting the wheel to speak our pet's names in funny ways. So now every time I see her stressed or anxious about something I pass her my phone with the wheel on it to distract and calm her (it doesn't always work but it has certainly helped).

Twitch streamers spin it for prize giveaways during live streams or raffle competitions may use it for a random number generator (there is no technical limit to the number of wheel entries however above 1000 entries the small font size becomes harder to read).

Families use it for chores, games, and yes — movie night decisions.

Businesses use the wheel of names at team-building events and raffles.

Party planners use it for fun games and challenges.

Every time someone tells me, "This saved me a ton of time and stopped the arguing" it makes my day.

What Makes It Different?

🔄 Advanced randomizing technology: cryptographic randomness and verifiable hashes, using the SHA-256 algorithm (used by major banks and government agencies).

🔒 Provably Fair: You can see the hash of the seed before every spin and verify the actual seed after. It's randomness you can actually prove.

🎨 Customizable: Add as many entries as you want, change colours, labels, and even share or save your wheels.

🧠 Smart Design: It auto-adjusts fonts, spacing, and display so it always looks good, whether you've got 2 names or 1000.

A Final Word

This whole project started as a side hobby — a simple tool I made for my own family. Now, it's grown into something used by people all over the world, and I couldn't be more grateful. If you're here, you probably need to make a decision — big or small. Whether you're trying to choose a winner, assign a task, or just break a tie, I hope the wheel helps you do it fairly, quickly, and maybe even with a bit of fun. I am constantly evolving this website and welcome all feedback about improvements or bugs as well as things people enjoy about it. Thanks for stopping by. And hey — give it a spin!

— The Random Wheel Spin Creator