Numbers 1 to 4 Wheel
Spin to land on a random number from 1 to 4, each with an equal one in four chance. A quick way to pick one of four options or assign a turn among four players.
Fair by design: each spin draws from your browser’s cryptographic random number generator, giving every entry an equal 1-in-4 chance. No server is involved.
One entry per line. 4 entries on the wheel.
The entries travel in the part of the link after the #, which browsers never send to a server. Nobody, including us, can read a shared wheel from a log.
Please keep the attribution link on the last line. It is the only thing we ask in return, and it is what pays for the wheel being free.
Numbers 1 to 4 Wheel at a glance
| Slices | 4 |
|---|---|
| Chance per slice, per spin | 1 in 4 (25.0%) |
| Chance of a given slice in 10 spins | 94.4% |
| Category | Number wheels |
| Randomness source | crypto.getRandomValues, tested |
| Last updated |
About the Numbers 1 to 4 Wheel
This wheel comes pre filled and ready to spin. Give it a whirl as is, or edit the entries in the box to make it your own. Every slice has equal odds, so the result is fair each and every time. When the wheel stops, the pointer at the top marks the winning slice.
Nothing you spin is uploaded anywhere. The Numbers 1 to 4 Wheel runs entirely in your browser, and you can save your edits to your own device. When you want your visitors to spin the same wheel, copy the embed code under the wheel and drop it onto your page.
Four is a common size for a small group, which makes this wheel handy any time four people or four options need a fair pick. Roommates spin it to decide who cooks this week, a family of four uses it to choose who picks the weekend activity, and quiz nights use it as a stand in for four way multiple choice answers. Card and board games that split into four players also use it to set turn order without a reshuffle. Each of the four slices holds an identical one in four, or twenty five percent, chance on every spin, so results stay fair over repeated use. If your group is a little bigger or smaller, edit the entries in the box, or use the ready made one to three and one to six wheels for other quick ranges.
The odds on this wheel
There are 4 slices, all the same size, so a given slice wins one spin with probability 1 ÷ 4 = 25.0%. Every spin is independent of the one before it, which means no result is ever due: after ten spins without a particular slice, the chance on the eleventh is still 25.0%.
Across several spins the maths follows the complement rule. The chance of a given slice coming up at least oncein ten spins is 1 − (1 − 1/4)10 = 94.4%. Edit the entry list and every figure here recomputes, because they are derived from the wheel rather than written down beside it.
Frequently asked questions
When would I reach for a 1 to 4 wheel instead of 1 to 3 or 1 to 6?
Use it whenever you have exactly four options or players, such as setting turn order in a four-player game or splitting a group into four. Each number holds a 1 in 4 chance on every spin.
Can this wheel decide who goes first in a four-player game?
Yes, give each player a number from 1 to 4 and spin once to reveal who starts. Because the four slices are equal in size, no player has a built-in advantage.
How do I turn this into a four-way "pick one" tool?
Label the four slices with your own categories in the box beneath the wheel, for example four snacks, four films, or four destinations. Your labels take the place of the numbers and the wheel spins just the same.
Put this wheel on your own site
One line of HTML. No tracking, no cookies, and it works on any page. The embed code sits under the wheel above, and the embed guide has a copy-paste block for WordPress, Google Sites, Notion, Moodle, Canvas and OBS.
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