Random name picker

A random name picker that's actually random.

Paste your list, one name per line, and spin. Spinzelvo picks the winner using a cryptographically random value, not a scripted animation.

Your entries

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One entry per line. Duplicate an entry to give it better odds.

Remove winner after spin

Winner history

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Why 'random' matters more than people think

A lot of online name pickers animate a spinning wheel but choose the result with ordinary JavaScript randomness seeded in ways that are easy to bias, or worse, hard-code the same handful of outcomes to look varied. For a friendly office pick that's harmless. For a real raffle, a giveaway with rules, or a classroom drawing that needs to be defensible, it matters that the process is actually fair.

Spinzelvo picks the winning name using the browser's Web Crypto random number generator before the wheel starts spinning — the deceleration you watch is purely visual. That means the result isn't influenced by timing, clicking, or anything else, and every name on the wheel has an equal (or, if duplicated, proportionally weighted) chance.

Common uses

Where this wheel fits

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Cold-calling in class

Pick a student at random to answer without repeating anyone until the list resets.

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Contest & giveaway winners

Paste in every entrant's name once per entry and let the wheel choose fairly, on camera if needed.

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Family decisions

Whose turn is it to pick the movie, the restaurant, or who does the dishes — settle it in one spin.

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Icebreaker games

Randomly pick who goes first, who's 'it', or who answers the next trivia question.

Why Spinzelvo

Built to just work

01

Loads in under a second

No trackers, no ad auctions slowing your first paint. The wheel is interactive the moment the page appears.

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Unlimited, resizing entries

Add 5 entries or 500 — labels shrink and wrap automatically so the wheel stays readable at any size.

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Elimination mode built in

Flip one switch and each winner drops off the wheel, so you can run a full bracket without retyping entries.

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Real randomness, shown honestly

The wheel spin is driven by the Web Crypto random source, not a fixed animation — every spin is independently fair.

How it works

Three steps, no account

01

Type or paste your entries

One per line in the entries box, or quick-add them one at a time. Duplicate an entry to weight the odds in its favor.

02

Press spin

Click the wheel, tap the Spin button, or hit the spacebar. The wheel decelerates naturally and lands on one entry.

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Get your result

The result appears on a card with confetti, gets logged to your history, and — if elimination mode is on — comes off the wheel.

FAQ

Good to know

How is the winner actually chosen?

Before the wheel animation starts, Spinzelvo generates a cryptographically random number to pick the winning segment. The spin you see is a visual deceleration toward that pre-chosen result — it never changes the odds.

Can I add the same name twice to weight the odds?

Yes. Duplicate an entry and it gets a proportionally higher chance of being picked, since it now occupies more than one slice of the wheel.

Can I remove a name after it's picked?

Yes — turn on 'Remove winner after spin' and each winner drops off the wheel automatically, useful for picking multiple people without repeats.

Is there a limit on how many names I can add?

No hard limit. Text labels shrink automatically as the list grows so the wheel stays readable.