diff --git a/internal/modules/misc/handlers_test.go b/internal/modules/misc/handlers_test.go
index 2daf81e..3f077bd 100644
--- a/internal/modules/misc/handlers_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/misc/handlers_test.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func TestWheelOfNames_ResultCaptionTruncatesLongResult(t *testing.T) {
 func TestWheelOfNames_ResultCaptionPadsShortWinnerToLongestOption(t *testing.T) {
 	options := []string{"Bob", "Alexandria"}
 	got := wheelResultCaption(options, 0)
-	want := `Result: <span class="tg-spoiler">` + strings.Repeat(wheelCaptionPad, 3) + "Bob" + strings.Repeat(wheelCaptionPad, 4) + `</span>`
+	want := `Result: <span class="tg-spoiler">` + strings.Repeat(wheelCaptionPad, 7) + "Bob" + `</span>`
 	if got != want {
 		t.Fatalf("wheelResultCaption() = %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/modules/misc/wheelofnames_command.go b/internal/modules/misc/wheelofnames_command.go
index e1f488d..62bea5a 100644
--- a/internal/modules/misc/wheelofnames_command.go
+++ b/internal/modules/misc/wheelofnames_command.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func wheelResultCaption(options []string, winner int) string {
 // Telegram, which would shrink the spoiler and reveal the winner's length.
 const wheelCaptionPad = "\u00a0"
 
-// padWheelResultCaption centers shorter winners with blank padding so every
+// padWheelResultCaption prefixes shorter winners with blank padding so every
 // option renders a spoiler of equal length; otherwise the spoiler width
 // reveals the winner. The longest option is returned unpadded.
 func padWheelResultCaption(options []string, result string) string {
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ func padWheelResultCaption(options []string, result string) string {
 			longest = n
 		}
 	}
-	missing := longest - len([]rune(result))
-	left := missing / 2
-	return strings.Repeat(wheelCaptionPad, left) + result + strings.Repeat(wheelCaptionPad, missing-left)
+	return strings.Repeat(wheelCaptionPad, longest-len([]rune(result))) + result
 }
 
 func truncateWheelResultCaption(result string) string {