Question 1

How random is the draw?

Accepted Answer

Each spin takes a value from your browser's cryptographic random source and maps it onto the entries with exact integer arithmetic, discarding the values that would favour the first few segments. An entry's chance is its weight divided by the total, and that is the number shown beside it.

Question 2

Can I make one entry more likely than another?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Turn on weights and raise an entry to 2× or 5×; its segment widens by the same amount, so the picture and the odds always agree. The percentage next to each entry is what it will actually win.

Question 3

What is elimination mode for?

Accepted Answer

Normal mode puts the winner back, so the same name can come up twice — right for deciding what to eat. Elimination removes each winner, which turns the wheel into an ordering device: run it to the end and you have a running order rather than a single winner.

Question 4

Does the wheel work without a connection?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Once the page has been opened once, the whole tool is stored on the device and spins with no network at all. Wheels you keep are stored in this browser, not on a server.

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