I have entered 251 giveaways and not won a single item. Have I forgotten to do something or am I just really unlucky??

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it needs SWAG

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try to say thanks ^^

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Then you have to recruit 10 friends who gives a game each. They do the same with 10 friends each, and only when the next level of 1000 new members have all made a giveaway then you're allowed to win something.

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...by which point cg and the support team will have long since upped sticks in favour of a life of sun, beaches, piña colada and sultry hula girls, while the rest of us are left bemoaning the loss of our pensions, kids' college funds and donated organs.

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I won nothing in my latest ~4000 entries. try to catch up now.

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I'm working on that.. I'm about 1K since my last win.

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but he's the master of obvious ;)

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It's quite the contrary. If you had won something already then you would have been very lucky to do so.

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  1. Make a game that teaches basic statistics
  2. Get game on Steam
  3. Set the base price high, but have frequent 95% off sales, so people will buy it to give away on this site
  4. Create Steam trading cards for the game so people will actually play it
  5. Never have to see another one of these threads again
  6. Profit!
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I won one within an hour of joining. I am yet to win a second.

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i entered over 1200 before i won my first and won my second before 1500 entries, it's literally all about luck... don't complain

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I'm dissapoint, I read title as "Why no whining"...

To the topic: sum 1/(number of entries) of all giveaways you entered. This is roughly the numer of games you should have won if you are neither lucky or unlucky. This value is called "expected value". More reading here. Other keywords to check are probability and statistics.

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+1
First correct calculation in the whole discussion! Unfortunaly almost noone will follow your link (telling that from the experience in my life) and at least try to understand, that an odd of 1/1000 will still stay 1/1000 even after millions of rolls... Thats how statistics works guys ;-)

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Not exactly correct, but I think close enough (there are not that many giveaways with multiple copies, rerolls etc).
I know, but crucial word is almost

9 years ago
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Because you have offended sagan cat

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Ive won nothing over two years and donated. Stop Complaining

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Sorry, but the OP is NOT complaining at all, he/she just did ask a simple question. Not more and not less.

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it's all about luck. I haven't won till my 1000th try. And I was really enjoying my streak, then won 2 gifts in 2 days in a row :P

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Should be MasterOblivious

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Your name :P

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15 in 12.250 entries!
Wow have i wasted that much time in here!?!
:P

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well, you will begin to win just at the moment you stop loosing.

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  1. Rub your head.
  2. Rub your face.
  3. Launch Steam and open up CS:GO.
  4. Buy a chroma case
  5. Open it
  6. Delete the item you got
  7. Buy 'Nelu The Bear' sticker

And all future games belong to you.

Dont...

Altho, GabeN advises you to do this.

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Yes, you forgot to do something. Don't remember what..

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