Bug or really lucky ?

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Flipette

(Sent already anyway.)

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DackXYZ

Random is random.

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MegaGiga

I'm not entirely convinced -> in cases like this, where someone has more than 1 giveaway ending at the same time, there has been a, well, high number of same people winning more than 1 giveaway. But I see it as a quirk rather than a bug.

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DackXYZ

Really? Never seen that before here; I suppose it is pseudo-random after all.

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jatan11t

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I had 45 giveaways end at the same time. The number of entries ranged from 40 to 300. I had 2 instances of people winning three giveaways, and 3 or 4 instances of people winning two of the giveaways.

I don't think the algorithm used here is completely random. It generates the seed from somewhere

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Drumoff

Not on SG.

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cRookie

I call hax

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XxDemonSniperxX

CG destroyed all the bugs bro.

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privatepablo

Really lucky.

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Magulec

Wow, grats.

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Raynys

It's a bug, i saw many wins as this if you create most giveaway with same finish hour.

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EyEBURNeR

^ this
on a small number of ga i made ( ~400 ) i often saw many times the sames winners winning sequentially

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PieceOfMind

1 in 120,000 chance of winning both giveaways assuming they're independent. That said, applying odds retrospectively is a bit of a no-no.

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himohillo

You ain't the only one. Same person won my X-Blades and Hitman Suit and Gun collection in few hours, GAs had 437 and 577 entries.

Random is random, lucky get lucky.

dis a robery, gib me yo gaems

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PlayfulKaitie

I have one guy who won two of my giveaways, but not in a row

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Incognitoe

Nice! That's pretty cool.

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Incognitoe

Nice! That's pretty cool.

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eldering

I hope they don't use only the time as seed :o

Maybe I should try to work out their algorithm!

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Alteria

Hmmmmm, okay.

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TheDopefish

Good thing you blackened out the user who won your giveaways ... it's not as if everyone can visit your profile :P

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MeMasumi

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DonVino

One of my winers once won a base game and then the bundle,too. Its just a game of statistics. Unlikely? Yes. Impossible? No

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jatan11t

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There are a bit too many "unlikely" winners that crop up when giveaways end at the same time.

Unfortunately, giveaways dont report the exact time of ending, otherwise I would go through all of mine. I'd be willing to bet that the number of multiple winners I have is statistically significant.

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DonVino

Never happened to me. The case I reported had a week difference.

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jatan11t

(Super Moderator)

I have 70 instances of giveaways that ended at the same time. I had 8 or 9 multiple winners, winning a total of 20 of the giveaways.