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# Using the AhaSlides Spinner Wheel to Pick Entries at Random
> Spin a randomiser wheel live to pick a winner, call on a participant, or choose a topic — type entries manually or pull them from audience names.
The Spinner Wheel slide adds a randomiser to your presentation. Fill the wheel with entries and press the button at the centre — the wheel spins and slows down to land on one entry, live in front of your audience.
Only the **Presenter side** can spin the wheel. Spin results **will not** be saved in the Excel export file. The Spinner Wheel supports up to **5,000 entries**.
Below is an interactive demo you can try yourself:
## Adding Entries to the Wheel
Click the **Entries** field on the right panel of the editor and type your first entry. Hit **⏎ Enter** after each one to add the next, or paste a list you've copied to your clipboard all at once. Click **Save** when you're done.
This method is ideal for fixed lists where the entries are known in advance — for example, team names, discussion topics, prize categories, or a list of cities.
You can also add entries to your Spinner Wheel **while presenting in presentation mode** — there's no need to return to the editor.
Check the box labelled **Participant name autofill** in the right panel of the editor — the wheel fills itself with every participant's name as they scan your QR code and join by entering their name. No manual typing needed. You can also turn on this option while in presentation mode.
With this box checked, participants scan the QR code shown on your presenter screen (or go to the join URL) and enter their name and an avatar to join — the same way they join a quiz. See [how participants join](/using-slide-types/how-to-make-and-run-a-quiz) for the full joining flow.
If you had any quiz slide before your Spinner Wheel slide, checking **Participant name autofill** automatically fills in the names of your quiz players — they won't need to enter them again.
With a quick workaround, participants can put entries into the wheel themselves: create a [Word Cloud](/using-slide-types/using-the-word-cloud-slide) slide and get your participants to submit their wheel entries into the cloud. Then change the slide type from Word Cloud to Spinner Wheel — every submission from the Word Cloud is automatically uploaded as an entry in the wheel.
## Removing Entries
To remove a manual entry from the wheel before spinning, hover over the entry in the entry list and press the **bin icon** labelled *"Delete this entry."*
## Spinning the Wheel
Advance to the Spinner Wheel slide in your presentation. The wheel appears on the main display with all entries loaded as segments.
Click the **Spin** button in the presenter controls, or press the **spacebar** on your keyboard to start the wheel spinning.
The wheel spins and gradually slows down. All entries are visible to the audience as it spins, building suspense.
The wheel stops on a segment and that entry is highlighted on screen. The selected name or option is displayed prominently for everyone to see.
## After a Spin
Once the wheel stops, you have two choices for the selected entry:
* **Remove it from the wheel** — the entry is eliminated so it cannot be selected on the next spin. Use this for elimination-style draws or when picking multiple unique winners in sequence.
* **Keep it in** — the entry stays in the wheel for the next spin. Use this when multiple spins are independent of each other and repeated selections are acceptable.
Click **Spin** again at any time to run another selection.
## Spinner Wheel Settings
Set how long the wheel spins before stopping, from a few seconds up to **1,200 seconds**. A longer spin duration builds more suspense — useful for dramatic prize reveals or high-stakes draws during live events.
Multiply the entries already in your wheel by up to **10 times** to weight the odds in favour of those entries. Uncheck the box to clear. For example, adding a team name three times gives them a three times higher chance of being selected than a team listed once.
Show only the spinning wheel to the audience and hide the full list of entries from the screen. This prevents participants from reading through all entries in advance and focuses attention on the wheel itself.
Automatically blocks offensive words submitted by the audience on all slides, including names populated via **Autofill from participant names**.
## Video Tutorial
## Tips
Make the most of your Spinner Wheel with these ideas:
* **Combine with a Word Cloud** — collect word submissions on a Word Cloud slide, then spin through the top responses on a Spinner Wheel to select one as the focus for discussion.
* **Use autofill for fair random draws** — letting participant names populate automatically means no manual setup and no accusations of a rigged list.
* **Set a long spin duration for dramatic prize reveals** — a 30–60 second spin with music or a countdown builds real anticipation in a live audience.
* **Paste a bulk list of names directly into the entry panel** — no need to type one by one; a line-separated list pasted in one go is split into individual entries automatically.
## Related topics
- [How to Make and Run a Quiz in AhaSlides](/using-slide-types/how-to-make-and-run-a-quiz.md)
- [AhaSlides: Interactive Presentations & Live Engagement](/getting-started/what-is-ahaslides.md)
- [Undo/Redo Function on AhaSlides](/features-and-functions/undo-redo-function-on-ahaslides.md)
- [AhaSlides MCP — Getting Started Guide](/integrations/ahaslides-mcp-getting-started-guide.md)
- [Asking participants for their names](/features-and-functions/asking-participants-for-their-names.md)