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.
4 entries on the wheel, up to 500.
Every entry has an equal 1-in-4 chance. Write "1 *3" to make an entry three times as likely.
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, 90° each |
|---|---|
| Chance per slice, per spin | 1 in 4 (25.0%) |
| Chance of a given slice in 10 spins | 94.4% |
| A repeat becomes likely by | Spin 3 |
| Average spins to see every slice | 8 |
| Category | Number wheels |
| Randomness source | crypto.getRandomValues, tested |
| Last updated |
When to spin the Numbers 1 to 4 Wheel
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.
4 slices: odds, streaks and repeats
With four slices, each spin lands on any one of them 1 in 4 (25.0%). Small wheels repeat themselves more than people expect: spin four times and the chance of seeing 1, 2, 3 and 4 once each is only 9.4%, and by spin 3 a repeat is more likely than not. Seeing all four at least once takes about 8 spins on average.
Tips for spinning it in front of a group
- With 4 slices of 90° each, the numbers print large enough to read from the back of a room. Press Present for a full-screen wheel: Space or Enter spins and Esc returns to the page.
- Tick Remove after pick and each winner leaves the wheel: 4 spins work through all 4 numbers with none drawn twice, and Reset round puts 1 and the rest back.
- For a handicap in a family game, write "3 *2": 3 then lands 40.0% of the time against 20.0% for each other slice.
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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