Research
How Randomness Really Behaves
How randomness behaves in classrooms, giveaways and games — measured, not assumed. Every study runs real draws through the code behind Wheel Cue and publishes the script and the raw data, so you can check the numbers instead of trusting them.
How the research is made
- Real draws, not a model of them. Each study runs its simulations through random.js, the file that picks every winner on this site.
- Checked against the math. Where an exact formula exists, the page reports both the formula and the simulation, and they have to agree.
- Labelled as simulations. A simulated spin is never presented as a usage figure. Wheel Cue does not publish visitor numbers it does not have.
- Reproducible. Every study links its script and its raw output. The last decimals change on every run — that is what random means — but the conclusions should not.
- Corrected in the open. Mistakes are fixed and dated in the changelog.
Who it is for
Teachers deciding how to call on a class. Anyone running a giveaway or a raffle who wants to explain the odds. Game hosts settling arguments about turns. And anyone who has looked at a random result and thought it could not possibly be random.
The studies answer practical questions with numbers you can use on the day: how long until everyone gets a turn, and how often a repeat should be expected. The method behind every pick is set out in how Wheel Cue picks a random winner, and the fairness report tests the code itself.