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Random Raffle Wheel
Paste your ticket numbers, one per line, and draw the winning ticket in front of the room.
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One entry per line. Paste a whole list at once and the wheel updates as you type.
Weighted mode is on: add *3 after an entry to give it three times the chance.
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This browser onlyA raffle is not a giveaway
They look similar and they are not the same draw, which is why they have separate pages here.
A giveaway draws from a list of people. Each entrant is one name, and you usually want each person to win at most once. That is the giveaway winner picker.
A raffle draws from a book of tickets. One person can hold twelve tickets and each one is a separate chance. What you draw is a number, and you find out afterwards who is holding it. That changes what the tool needs to do: it needs a quick way to load a whole book of numbered tickets rather than a list of names, the winning number needs to be legible from the back of a room, and a retired ticket needs to stay retired for the rest of the evening.
This page is built for the second one.
Entering ticket numbers
Tap a preset to load a short book and try the draw — 101–120, 1–20 or the lettered A1–A20 — or paste your own numbers, one per line. A real book can be much bigger: the wheel takes up to 500 tickets, though a share link carries at most 40.
A typed range such as 101-150 stays one entry, so write the tickets out. For a straight numeric run there is a faster route: build the range on the random number generator, which takes a minimum and a maximum, then copy the numbers across. It builds up to 200 numbers at a time, so a 300-ticket book takes two goes: 1–200, then 201–300. Anything is valid as a ticket: A-114, RED-07, a name and a number together.
Keep the wheel under about 200 tickets. Beyond that the slices are too thin to read and the draw stops being watchable, which defeats the purpose of doing it on a wheel. For a large book, draw the block first and then the ticket within it — two spins, both visible, and fair for the first prize. For later prizes the block wheel has to allow for tickets already drawn: turn Retire each ticket once it wins off on the block wheel (otherwise a block leaves after one win), turn on Weighted choices, write each block with its number of tickets, such as Block 3 *100 (or Block 10 *37 for a short last block), and lower a block's number by one each time one of its tickets wins. Raffle odds, measured shows why.
Drawing prize by prize
Retire each ticket once it wins is on by default. Draw the third prize, that ticket leaves the wheel, draw the second prize from the remainder, then the first. The Winning tickets panel numbers each draw in order and Copy exports the lot with timestamps.
Working from biggest prize to smallest is the more common order; working upwards keeps the room's attention until the end. Either is fine — just say which one you are doing before you start.
If a drawn ticket holder is not in the room, decide the rule before the first spin. Redraw immediately, or hold the prize? Announcing that rule after an absent winner comes up looks exactly like changing the rules to suit somebody.
Running it in front of a room
- Fullscreen puts the wheel on the projector with nothing else on screen. The spacebar spins, so you can drive it from a clicker without touching the laptop.
- Turn the sound on. The ticking is doing real work in a room — it tells people something is happening without you having to narrate it.
- Set the spin to Dramatic in the wheel options for eight seconds instead of five. Longer than that and a room of a hundred people starts talking over it.
- Read the number twice. Once off the wheel, once off the result window, which stays on screen until you close it.
The result window shows the exact probability the winning ticket had and a spin ID. If anyone asks how the number was chosen, How this result was picked shows the raw random draw and the arithmetic behind it.
Raffles and the law
Running a prize draw? Wheel Cue is a free random picker. It does not organise, sell entries for, check or approve any raffle, lottery, sweepstake or giveaway, and nothing on this site is legal advice. The rules are yours to follow, and they vary by place: if people pay to take part, it is usually a lottery that only non-profits, typically with a licence or registration, may run; in the US, a promotion tied to a purchase needs a free way to enter, and some states require registration for larger prizes; in Canada, winners are usually asked a skill-testing question; in parts of Australia, some prize draws need a permit; in Italy, a business's prize draw (concorso a premio) must be notified to the Ministry and drawn before a notary or a Chamber of Commerce official. Check the rules where you and your entrants are.
Frequently asked questions
Can I enter a range like 101-150 in one go?
Not as a typed range: 101-150 would be a single ticket. The presets load short 20-ticket books for trying the draw. For your own range, build it on the random number generator and copy it across — it takes a minimum and a maximum and writes out every number, up to 200 at a time.
How many tickets can be on the wheel?
Up to 500 technically, but keep it under 200 if the room is watching — thinner slices stop being readable. For a big book, draw a block first and then the ticket within it.
Can a ticket win twice?
Not while Retire each ticket once it wins is on, which is the default. Turn it off if your format allows a ticket to win more than one prize.
Can I use letters in ticket numbers?
Yes. Tickets are just text — A-114, RED-07 or a name and number together all work.
What if the winning ticket holder isn't there?
That is a rule you should set before the first draw, not after. Whichever you choose — immediate redraw or hold the prize — announce it up front.
Is this valid for a licensed raffle?
We cannot tell you, and you should not rely on Wheel Cue for that. Raffles that sell tickets are regulated almost everywhere, are usually limited to licensed charities and non-profits, and a licence often sets how the draw must be conducted, witnessed and recorded. Wheel Cue is unbiased and shows its working, but it is not an audited or certified draw service and keeps no independent record, so check what your licence and your regulator require.
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