What is a giveaway randomizer?

A giveaway randomizer is a free online tool that randomly selects winners from a list of participants. GoPickaro's giveaway randomizer uses a double wheel that picks both a winner and a prize in the same spin, which works well for live YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch giveaways.

How does the winners wheel work?

The winners wheel uses a double-wheel system. The outer wheel contains your participants and the inner wheel contains your prizes. When you spin, both wheels rotate independently and stop randomly, announcing a winner and a prize at the same time. Every spin uses your browser's cryptographically secure random generator, so every slice has the same chance.

Is the giveaway randomizer free to use?

Yes, GoPickaro's giveaway randomizer and winners wheel are 100% free to use with no registration required. You can spin as many times as you like, import unlimited participants, and export your results.

Can I import participants from YouTube or Instagram?

YouTube commenters can be fetched automatically: paste the video URL and GoPickaro loads the names through the YouTube API. Instagram does not offer a public comments API, so for Instagram you paste the list of usernames, one per line, or load it from a TXT or CSV file.

How do I add multiple copies of the same prize?

Write the quantity after the prize name, for example 'T-Shirt x3'. The prize appears as one slice on the inner wheel, and each confirmed win lowers its quantity by one until it is used up.

Participants 0

One name per line.

Remove winner from list after winning

Prizes 0

One prize per line. Add x2, x3 for several copies.

🎡 Back to the wheel and spin

Giveaway Wheel with Prizes: Winner & Prize in One Spin

✎ Add your names and prizes below

Set spins, then hit Go

1. Smart Input: Enter participants and prizes in their respective panels. The wheel adapts automatically!
1a. Double Wheel: Fill both lists to spin for a winner and a prize simultaneously.
1b. Single Wheel: Leave one list completely empty to use the app as a standard name-picker or prize-spinner.
2. Multiple Prizes: Add multiple quantities of the same prize by writing x2, x3, etc. next to it (e.g. "Gift x3").
3. Removal Setting: Control whether winners are removed from the drawing pool using the checkbox on the left panel.
4. Import/Export: Easily import text or CSV lists using the "Import" buttons. At the end, you can Print or Save the winners list.
5. Action: Click the center SPIN button to start the animation!

Spin the Wheel to Pick a Random Winner

Welcome to the ultimate tool for picking random winners fairly and transparently. Our double spin wheel is a free giveaway wheel generator that takes the excitement of a classic raffle and enhances it with our unique Double Wheel System. By spinning two wheels simultaneously, you can instantly select a participant from your list and match them with a specific prize, all in a single click. Whether you are a content creator running a YouTube or Instagram giveaway, or a teacher looking to engage your classroom, this random name picker and prize wheel generator combination brings the perfect balance of fairness, excitement, and simplicity.

Need a quick decision instead of a winner? Spin the yes or no wheel or flip a coin.

What is a Giveaway Wheel?

A giveaway wheel is a digital spinning wheel designed to draw random winners from a large list of names. Often known as a random picker, decision wheel, or raffle generator, it converts raw data into a visual and fun experience. Traditionally, hosts have used physical bowls full of paper slips or simple number generators. The spin the wheel experience elevates this, keeping your audience on the edge of their seats while they watch the pointer slow down over their name. It guarantees that the selection process is 100% random and unbiased, ensuring trust and transparency in your contests.

Our tool goes beyond the traditional concept by allowing you to input both participants and prizes. Instead of asking "Who wins?", you can now answer both "Who wins?" and "What do they win?" simultaneously. With built-in realistic spin animations and sound effects, the tool provides an unbeatable experience that is universally compatible across all modern web browsers.

How the Double Wheel Giveaway Works

We designed our giveaway wheel with a Double Wheel System. Here is how it operates:

The Outer Wheel: Represents the participants. You can paste hundreds or thousands of names into the left panel. Each name automatically receives a slice on the oversized outer wheel.
The Inner Wheel: Represents the prizes. You can type in multiple prizes. You can add a quantity like "T-Shirt x5". The prize stays as one slice, and each confirmed win lowers its quantity by one.

When you click on the center to spin the wheel online, both wheels spin independently using complex, randomized motion algorithms. Once they come to a stop, the system announces the winner and the prize simultaneously. The winner is saved to a list on the right, the prize pool is diminished, and you are immediately ready to spin again until all prizes have been awarded or all participants have been drawn.

Features of the Giveaway Wheel

As a comprehensive random winner and prize picker, this application is packed with robust features tailored to make your life easier:

Completely Free to Use: Our wheel generator is a 100% free tool that you can use as many times as you like.
Double Wheel Setup: Simultaneous selection for both the Name and the Prize.
Automatic Deductions: Prizes are automatically decremented from the list when won. Need to give out 10 identical gift cards? Just input "Gift Card x 10" and let the system handle the math over 10 spins.
Print & Export: Did you just finish a large raffle? You can instantly print or save your final winners list directly from the application interface.
Dynamic Visuals: We use an advanced HTML5 canvas to draw highly responsive, beautifully colored wheels. As segments change, the UI updates instantly without requiring page reloads.
Fairness Guarantee: The spinning stops randomly using a secure pseudorandom number generator, meaning the creator cannot bias the wheel.

Why Use a Giveaway Wheel?

Using a visual random raffle picker offers enormous advantages compared to manual drawing methods or silent number generators:

Ultimate Transparency: Your audience can physically see all entered names rotating on the screen. It is an undeniable proof of a fair drawing.
Increased Excitement: The ticking sound, the deceleration of the wheel, and the fireworks when the wheel stops create an incredible climax that audiences love.
Massive Time Savings: Copy-pasting a list of 500 Instagram comments into the giveaway picker takes precisely two seconds. Running the actual draw takes just a few clicks.
Professionalism: Ditch the spreadsheets and the chaotic screen sharing. A dedicated spin the wheel for giveaway tool looks infinitely more professional to your viewers, subscribers, and sponsors.

Use Cases

The versatility of a smart random winner picker makes it applicable to almost any scenario involving decision-making or raffles:

YouTube Giveaways: Reward your subscribers for reaching channel milestones by giving away merch, specific electronics, or gift cards effortlessly on a live stream.
Instagram & TikTok Contests: Export your post commenters and throw them right into the wheel to pick the lucky recipient of your sponsor's products.
Twitch Streams: Keep engagement high by running smaller, frequent "spin the wheel" events during your breaks or at the end of gaming sessions.
Classroom Games: Teachers can use the tool not just for rewards, but to randomly pick students for questions or randomly assign groups to different projects.
Corporate Events: HR departments can use the wheel during holiday parties or company-wide meetings to distribute employee gifts in an entertaining way.

The double wheel spinner: winner and prize in one spin

Most giveaway wheels answer one question: who won? Then the host spins again, or reads from a list, to decide what that person gets. GoPickaro's double wheel answers both at once. Participants sit on the outer wheel, prizes sit on the inner wheel, and the two rings spin in opposite directions and stop independently. One spin, one moment on camera: the winner and their prize. It also works as a random name picker with prizes: paste your entries, list what you are giving away, and the wheel will assign prizes to winners one spin at a time.

How to run a giveaway with prizes

Add participants in the left panel, one per line. Paste a list, load a TXT or CSV file, or fetch commenters from a YouTube video with Import.
Add prizes below, one per line. Give a prize a quantity with x, for example Gift card x3.
Press 1× Spin. Both wheels spin and stop, and a window shows the winner and the prize.
Confirm or disqualify. Confirm winner saves the result, removes the winner (if the option is on) and uses up one of that prize. Disqualify & Re-spin takes that name off the wheel without recording a win and keeps the prize for the next spin, for winners who turn out not to be eligible.
Finish. When prizes or participants run out, print or save the full winners list.

Only need a name, with no prizes? Leave the prizes box empty and the tool works as a classic random name picker wheel.

For the full walkthrough, including multiple spins, prize odds and running the wheel on a live stream, read how to use a giveaway wheel with prizes. Planning the whole giveaway? Start with how to run a fair giveaway.

Example: a stream giveaway with three prizes

Outer wheel (participants)

@maria_plays
@leo.draws
@kai_music
... 212 more

Inner wheel (prizes)

Gaming headset
Channel merch x2
Game key

Four spins later, four winners, each matched with a prize the audience watched being drawn. Use 5×, 10× or a custom number of spins to run the draws back to back without confirming each one.

Single wheel or double wheel?

	Single name wheel	GoPickaro double wheel
Picks a winner	Yes	Yes
Picks the prize	Separate spin or manual	Same spin
Prize quantities	Tracked by hand	Counted down automatically
Removing winners	Often manual	Automatic, optional

Fair by design

Every spin uses your browser's cryptographically secure random generator to choose where each ring stops, and every slice on a ring is the same size. The names and prizes you enter stay in your browser. The wheel also keeps an automatic copy of your current draw on this device, so after a crash or a power cut you can continue where you left off. Starting a new draw deletes it. See exactly how winners are picked.

Popular uses

YouTube giveaways: import commenters from the video and spin live. If you only need a winner from comments, the YouTube Comment Picker is faster.
Instagram and TikTok giveaways: paste the usernames of everyone who entered, one per line. Read how to run a fair Instagram giveaway.
Twitch and live streams: paste the names of viewers who entered and spin on stream.
Classrooms: students on the outer wheel, questions on the inner wheel. See the guide for teachers, or make groups with the Random Team Generator.
Office parties and events: employees or guests on one wheel, gifts on the other.

Questions

What is a double wheel spinner?

Two rings that spin together: participants on the outer ring, prizes on the inner ring. Each stops at its own random position, so one spin gives a winner and a prize.

Can I use it as a random name picker with prizes?

Yes. Paste the names, add the prizes, and every spin picks a winner and assigns a prize to them at the same moment. Each confirmed winner is saved in the Winners list with their prize, so you can print who won what.

Is this a two wheel spinner?

Yes. People also call it a duo spin wheel, a 2 wheel spinner or simply "spin the wheel with two wheels". Both wheels spin with one press: names on the outer wheel, prizes on the inner one. If you only need one wheel, leave the prizes box empty and it spins as a single wheel.

Can the same person win twice?

Not with Remove winner from list after winning turned on. Turn it off if repeat winners are allowed.

How many names fit on the wheel?

There is no fixed limit. With very long lists the names become too small to read on the wheel, so for hundreds of entries Instant Draw is easier to follow.

Is it free?

Yes, free with no sign-up and no download.