Frequently asked questions

Wheelcade picks winners live. Add names, choose one of the games — the classic wheel, races, battles, and more — and start the draw. It works for giveaways, raffles, classrooms, team picks, or any time you need a fair random choice with a bit of a show.

Yes. Every game uses the same weighted random draw under the hood. The winner is selected first by the random draw, and the animation is choreographed to land on them — so the visuals are for fun, and the odds are exactly what the ticket weights say they are. An entrant with 3 tickets out of 30 always has exactly a 10% chance, in every game mode.

No — Wheelcade never touches funds and is not a payment processor. If a host collects donations or sends a winner a gift, the buttons on the site simply open the host's own Venmo, CashApp, PayPal, or show their Zelle contact. Any transfer happens entirely inside those apps, between the host and the entrant, under those apps' terms. Wheelcade only helps hosts keep track of what they've recorded.

No. Everything works right away and is stored in your own browser. Creating an account (email or "Continue with Google") is optional — it syncs your wheels, entries, history, and settings across devices.

Up to 1,000. Type them one at a time, paste a whole list (one per line), or import a CSV/TXT file. On big lists, the entries panel scrolls on its own so the wheel stays in view.

Each entrant can hold multiple tickets (the × number next to their name, up to 20). More tickets means proportionally better odds — like holding more raffle tickets. Hosts using the Ledger can grant tickets automatically when a donation is recorded.

A host-only notebook for recording entrant donations before the draw: who gave, how much, and how many tickets that grants. Each record gets a matching code the entrant can put in their payment note, and hosts can reconcile a CSV export from their payment app with one click. It's bookkeeping only — no money moves through Wheelcade.

Yes. Share creates a link that encodes your current entry list — anyone who opens it sees the same wheel. There's an iframe embed for OBS browser sources, and a full-screen presentation mode (the ⛶ button) for streaming overlays.

After any draw you can copy a result link — a small read-only page showing who won, in which game, and when. Handy for posting proof of a live draw.

A toggle in Settings that switches the site to its classic SpinWaffle 🧇 branding — a nod to livestream slang where raffles are called "waffles".

Yes, free while in beta. Planned paid tiers are previewed under Pricing.

The privacy policy covers what's stored and where. A copyable giveaway disclaimer template (for platform promotion rules) is in the site footer.