Magic 8 Ball Answer Wheel
Ask a yes or no question, then spin for a classic Magic 8 Ball style answer. A fun way to settle small decisions.
Fair by design: each spin draws from your browser’s cryptographic random number generator, giving every entry an equal 1-in-14 chance. No server is involved.
14 entries on the wheel, up to 500.
Every entry has an equal 1-in-14 chance. Write "It is certain *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.
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Magic 8 Ball Wheel at a glance
| Slices | 14, 25.7° each |
|---|---|
| Chance per slice, per spin | 1 in 14 (7.1%) |
| Chance of a given slice in 10 spins | 52.3% |
| A repeat becomes likely by | Spin 5 |
| Average spins to see every slice | 46 |
| Category | Decision wheels |
| Randomness source | crypto.getRandomValues, tested |
| Last updated |
When to spin the Magic 8 Ball Wheel
The Magic 8 Ball is a well loved novelty toy that answers yes or no questions with one of twenty stock phrases. This wheel recreates that experience in a spinnable form. Think of a question in your head, give the wheel a spin, and read the reply it lands on. The answers range from confident yeses to firm nos, with a few noncommittal ones like ask again later mixed in, just like the original. It is meant purely for fun, so it works best for low stakes decisions such as whether to order dessert or which chore to tackle first. Because every phrase sits on its own equal slice, the mix of positive, negative, and neutral replies stays balanced across many spins. If you want a purely optimistic version, or want to add your own catchphrases, edit the entries and the wheel updates right away.
14 slices: odds, streaks and repeats
Each of the 14 slices wins a spin 1 in 14, or 7.1%. That sounds rare, yet repeats arrive early: by spin 5 the chance that some entry has already come up twice passes 50%, the same maths as the birthday problem. Landing on every one of them, from It is certain to Outlook not so good, takes about 46 spins on average, which is why a no-repeat round is the quicker way to work through the whole list.
Tips for spinning it in front of a group
- At 25.7° per slice the labels shrink, so on a projector use Present: the wheel fills the screen and each entry passing under the pointer, It is certain through Outlook not so good, is shown live in large type. Space or Enter spins and Esc returns to the page.
- Tick Remove after pick and each winner leaves the wheel: 14 spins work through all 14 entries with none drawn twice, and Reset round puts It is certain and the rest back.
- Already leaning one way? Write "It is certain *3" and It is certain comes up 18.8% of the time against 6.3% for each other slice, a tilt everyone can see rather than a quiet re-spin.
Frequently asked questions
What answers can the Magic 8 Ball wheel give?
It uses the toy's classic replies, including It is certain, Ask again later, My reply is no, and Outlook good, spread across 14 slices.
Is this the same as a real Magic 8 Ball?
It recreates the 14 traditional answers as wheel slices instead of a floating die, and each response has an equal 1-in-14 chance.
How should I ask the wheel a question?
Think of a simple yes-or-no question, give the wheel a spin, and treat whatever it lands on as your fortune for a bit of fun.
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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