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Spinner Wheel and its surprising history

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Tran Astrid @Tran_Astrid · Mar 31, 2023

When it comes to Spinner Wheel, you may think of  Flax Spinning Wheel or Water Wheel. Yes, today’s Spinner Wheel model is inspired by traditional Spinning Wheels back to thousands of years ago. Learning about Spinning Wheel history will surprise you. 

 

Content:

  • History of Spinner Wheel
  • How to play spinner wheel
  • Types of spinner wheel
  • Application of Spinner wheel
  • Why is Spinner wheel important?

 

History of Spinner Wheel

 

There is a long history of the Spinner Wheel’s evolution from the original wheel to nowadays modern Spinner Wheel.  There is no certain documentary about when the spinning wheel exactly was invented. It is believed that the early Spinning Wheel originated in India and was invented between 500 and 1000 A.D. However, there is also a record that the first Spinner Wheel appeared in China in 1000 AD, then spread to other Middle East countries through the Silk road. The spinner Wheel became popular in Europe around 1200 AD as a textile product tool. 

 

Along with the Flax Spinning Wheel is the Water Wheel. By the 1400s, the Chinese had first advocated water-powered spinning wheels. Nevertheless, it is recognized as first invented by the Greeks over 3000 years ago, fast widespread within Europe during the Medieval period.  

 

Types of Spinner Wheel

 

Spinner Wheel naturally evolved into different types and was used for different purposes.  The Handspinning Spinner Wheel has several names that you may have heard before such as the Norwegian wheel, the Saxony wheel, the Castle Wheel, Walking Wheel, Wool Wheel, or Charkha. Other types of Spinner Wheels can be mentioned as Water Wheel, Lottery Wheel, Prize Wheels, and Roulette.

 

Application of Spinner Wheel

 

As you know Spinner Wheel was first applied in the Textile industry and comes from 1964 by James Hargreaves Spinning Jenny as a device for spinning thread or yarn. Another practice of the Spinner Wheel is used as an energy generator, which uses the same spinning principle, Water Wheel takes advantage of energy from flowing water into power. Spinner Wheel is used in bet games, like Roulette, sports betting, entertainment game shows like Wheel of Fortune, or the Great Ferris Wheel in Theme parks. Moreover, another innovation of Spinner Wheel is the online version, which can be designed as a game or quiz for learning, studying, and partying without worrying about illegal issues. 

 

How to play Spinner Wheel


There are many ways to play Spinner Wheel games. Take the Wheel of Fortune as an example. As a traditional one works based on a spinning mechanism, the speed and duration of each spin are controlled by a random winding tension and other factors. However, in the online version, these elements are affected by the random number generator technically. It means that by understanding the essence of principle, people can control the result that they want when the spinner stops at the expected point

theoretically not from luck. To be honest, it is still a mind-blowing question without an answer since it lacks evidence about how the winner of  Wheel of Fortune wins the highest prize. 

 

Why is the Spinner Wheel important?

 

So why do people love to spin? It is acknowledged that the spinner Wheel is one of the most significant inventions of all time. As mentioned above, apart from a production process, nowadays people leverage the spinner wheel in many aspects of life. People use Spinner Wheel as a Random Picker, which means that put their possible entries, wait for a minute of spinner wind and it comes to a random result, for example, decision or choice making, 

 

Furthermore, the popular version of the spinner wheel is used for luck testing, named the prize wheel or the wheel of fortune. People get what they get. Somehow it is true but people usually want to get more than that, as they believe in the fortunate, it is why bet games are so well-liked and profitable. Or in some parties, such as year-end parties, and team bonding activities people like to play the prize wheel. 

 

There are some advantages of Spinner Wheel games as it is interactive activities, engage participants, and improve satisfaction while having fun.