I've been looking around at quite a few people's Gifts Won to Estimated Win's ratios (A sample size of around 25 forum users) and nearly all of them is right around 1, or their actual wins is right about where it should be or even a bit lower.

Looking at my ratio, I have 9 wins compared to my 5.29 estimated wins - that's nearly a ratio of two, or one more win and I would have doubled my estimated wins.

None of mine were group or private giveaways with a large chance to win, nor have i ever won a developer giveaway with like 10,000 copies or something. And of course, I haven't cheated or anything.

I was just seeing how many other people are just getting lucky and have a Gift's Won to Estimated Wins ratio of nearly 2 or more. Except if you have won like 3 games and your estimated wins is 1.5, that's hardly anything.

I always see people talking about how they don't win enough or how they are way past due for a win. There are even plenty of groups for these unlucky ones. But I guess I have never felt their pain because I am doing pretty well off haha, so...

Any super lucky people out there?

11 years ago*

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I have 12 wins. Estimated - 8 ._.

It's also weird that I can not win for a month or so and then win a couple of games in a short amount of time. Crazy.

11 years ago
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Same. I hate when I have a "dry" 2-3 days, then win 2-3 games one morning.

11 years ago
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dry 2-3 days o_O

11 years ago
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I know right. There are weeks where I only win like 5 games and then there are weeks where I win like 20!

11 years ago
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I need a new tag for you.

11 years ago
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Better be "feed more games" cuz I hate 1 day dry spells; they feel SOOOOOOOOOO long! Like forealz I should be winning every giveaway I enter!

11 years ago
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11 years ago
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YUSH!!! Gotta leech so hard that I start getting 2 random friend requests a day instead of one! :D

11 years ago
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That tag is hypnotizing. I feel like having to create a giveaway now. D:

11 years ago
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Better be open when I wake up :p

11 years ago
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No one can beat mine.

11 years ago
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Well I've felt lucky when system was first introduced - My estimated was around 70-71 and I've won 82-83. But since then I got pretty unlucky and right now its standard - 90 Won, 90.25 estimated ;p

11 years ago
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I had a similar situation. I was at 26 gifts won while my estimated wins were around 20. I'm not at 27 wins with 26.69 EW

11 years ago
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Yeah you both are VERY unlucky, thats the TRUE definition of unlucky - to win as much as statistically right. Anything below double the supposed is pure tragedy.

11 years ago
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We never said we were unlucky overall. Simply that we were lucky for a time and then had an unlucky streak that brought us back to the expected value. No reason to be a dick about things.

11 years ago
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I don't win a single game since 3 weeks...

11 years ago
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yesterday i win 2 games :D

11 years ago
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I have 19 wins, Estimated 13.23. Not bad...

11 years ago
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If I get the one I just won, it'll be 32 wins to 21.86 Estimated.

11 years ago
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That's pretty good for that size, nice job!

11 years ago
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Pika

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It would be interesting to do the statistics on everybody's ratio. It probably has a sampling distribution resembling a normal curve where most people are right around 1 and then there are less and less people as it goes higher and lower. I wonder who is the outlier with the highest ratio and best luck and the one with the lowest ratio and worst luck

11 years ago
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Giveaways Entered 994
Gifts Won 9
Estimated Wins 6.91

11 years ago
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Currently 2.45 behind. I've seen worse, but it's been too long since my last win, I won 30 Flights of Loving when I had 12.33 estimated wins, so I should have won 3.12 games since then. Still, can't complain about the games I've won already, I really enjoyed playing most of them!

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I just think that those who have higher win ratio and whom do not participate in group or private giveaways simply place entries to fewer points games, like 10 or 15 max. For example, not cause I'm some greedy fella, I tend to enter only for games that I'd play that are 20 or above points, cause that's kind of the limit I'd go and pay for a game since I can't really afford to do that on a regular basis.

11 years ago
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If you want to have an idea how lucky that actually is, a better estimate than just the ratio win/estimate is described here.

Cheers!

11 years ago
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58 wins

50.24 estimated

yes i know some of them are dev wins or group/private, but who cares?

11 years ago
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Gifts Won 13
Estimated Wins 9.73
So not incredibly lucky, but still quite.
Group, private and mass giveaways doesn't mess up the statistics, so I see no point in focusing on that whatsoever.

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Gifts Won: 79
Estimated Wins: 64.04

11 years ago
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You leecher pig! >:O

I'm gonna report this. d47 15 50 h4x!

11 years ago
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Wins: 1
Estimated Wins: 5.46

it seems like i am doing not so good :P

11 years ago
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Sorry for stealing your luck!

11 years ago
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I never won anything since I created account. That's 2 months ago and about 1500 entries (if you don't count Galactic Arms Race that practically everyone has).

11 years ago
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Gifts Won 12
Estimated Wins 17.76

11 years ago
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62 won, 42.88 estimated

11 years ago
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Estimated wins 7.83.

Won 11.

I feel lucky.

11 years ago
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31/35.45

Still feel super lucky.

11 years ago
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Best I was at was +21 >_>

11 years ago
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Green :O

11 years ago
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Not for long!

11 years ago
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http://www.steamgifts.com/user/Getinmabelly/won
Won 1, Estimated Wins 0.0003979

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just wow

11 years ago
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All it takes is one :D

11 years ago
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Lol, you beat me :) ... I have only 0.94

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Won 13. Estimated 17.76.

But that's nice. I won 5 in the last month or so. Before that I was much further behind.

11 years ago
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I've won 1 with a estimated 0.50, its not bad.

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Closed 11 years ago by StrangZor.