How to add Wheel of Fortune to OBS
Add your own segments, prizes, names, anything: then spin it live from your dashboard, a !spin chat command, or a mapped Twitch channel points reward. Great for giveaways, deciding what's next, or just hyping up chat.
Takes about 2 minutes
Step by step
- 1
Sign in and create the widget
Open the Streamities dashboard, choose Wheel of Fortune, and create one. Style it now or leave the defaults — the overlay URL works either way and picks up changes as you make them.
- 2
Copy the overlay URL
Every widget has its own unique URL. Copy it from the widget's page in the dashboard: it is the only thing you need in OBS, and it stays valid, so this is a one-time step.
- 3
Add a Browser Source in OBS
In your scene, add Sources → Browser, give it a name, and paste the URL into the URL field. Streamlabs and XSplit have the same source type under the same name.
- 4
Set the size to 900 × 900
Type 900 into Width and 900 into Height. Size the source rather than scaling it afterwards — a stretched Browser Source renders soft text, because OBS is upscaling a finished image.
- 5
Uncheck "Shutdown source when not visible"
With that option on, OBS destroys the page whenever the scene isn't active and the live connection goes with it, which looks exactly like a widget that stopped updating. Leave it off, drag Wheel of Fortune into place, and you're done.
Recommended Browser Source settings
A starting point for Wheel of Fortune, not a rule — every overlay fits itself to the box you give it. Set the width and height here, then position the source in your scene without resizing it.
- Width
- 900
- Height
- 900
- Where to put it
- Centred, or wherever you want attention the moment it fires.
Leave the source's transform at 100%. Scaling a Browser Source afterwards upscales a rendered image, which is what makes overlay text look soft.
Good to know
Fully custom segments
Type in whatever you want on the wheel yourself, no chat entries required.
Three ways to spin
Fire a spin from your dashboard, a chat command, or a channel points redemption.
Fair, repeatable draws
Optionally remove the winner after each spin, so repeat draws never pick the same winner twice.
If it doesn't show up
The source is blank or black+
Refresh the source (right-click → Refresh) and check that the URL was pasted in full. A source that is black on first load and fine after a refresh is usually hardware acceleration — enable it under Settings → Advanced in OBS.
It worked, then stopped updating+
Almost always "Shutdown source when not visible". With it on, OBS kills the page whenever you switch scenes and the live connection goes with it. Turn it off in the source properties.
The text looks blurry+
The source is being scaled. Reset the transform (right-click → Transform → Reset Transform) and set the width and height in the source properties instead — 900 × 900 is the size to start from.
It's the wrong size in my scene+
Change Width and Height in the source properties rather than dragging the corner handles. Dragging scales the rendered image; the properties change what gets rendered.
Wheel of Fortune: common questions
Is Wheel of Fortune free?+
Yes. Every plan includes one Wheel of Fortune widget, live updates and the default look included. Creator+ adds unlimited widgets of every type, plus full styling, animations and the premium templates.
What Browser Source size should I use for Wheel of Fortune?+
Start at 900 × 900 pixels, set in the source properties rather than by scaling the source in your scene — the widget fits itself to whatever box it is given.
Does Wheel of Fortune work with Streamlabs and XSplit?+
Yes. Wheel of Fortune is a normal web page, so it works in any streaming software with a browser or web overlay source — OBS Studio, Streamlabs, XSplit and the rest.
How long does Wheel of Fortune take to set up?+
A couple of minutes. Create it in the dashboard, copy its URL, paste it into a source. Styling can happen later, live, without touching OBS again.
Do I need to install a plugin?+
No. There is nothing to download and no plugin to keep updated — Wheel of Fortune is one URL, and it updates itself on our side.