How many entries did you guys have before finally "winning" a game?

500+ but it was back in SGv1, we had less users back then but also WAY less GAs posted.

idk, was over 2 and a half years ago.

around 3.5k to first game and only 21 in 3 years at all (almost 4 years). Only 8000 entered so far, no more games to enter or join invite / group only, not avilable games i want to enter :)

Your poll is missing options. I've seen people win on their first entry, as well as people with over 4000 entries and no win.

For my part, it was around the 1k mark.

I had about 2,5K

I won my first game on here from a post that was recruiting for a WL for 5 minutes followed by a giveaway. 11 entries, 3 copies - I felt my chances were decent. lol

I only enter for games that I want to win and it takes stalking my wishlist every hour or so, some giveaways are only for 1 hour so gotta be quick! Now that I have Fallout 4, I've been slacking on checking as often as I was. But oh well, enjoying the game so all's good. =)

I won on the same day I registered actually, but that was incredibly lucky:) Most people or so I heard have to enter about 1000 times before they win anything... So you are still not that unlucky:) Maybe tried this one; https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/EWkZk/sleeping-valley, the odds are pretty good:)

1 entry - 1 win. Thanks 100,000 Dwarves! giveaway....

I'm not sure, I only know it was over 1000.

300

I was around 1,500 entries

1ST time enterd and Won the game ... https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/0XItL/faerie-solitaire

67 (68 if you count the winning gib) and ~4 days after joining.

Though to be fair, it was a massive dev sponsored gib :P

https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/rF34X/over-10000-joined-giveaways-celebration-10-lvl1-gibs for a higher scale reference

About 600 I think, although I didn't get a second win for a long time.

I won a game on my 4th day here. It actually still holds my personal record for highest ratio of entries to copies given away, with over 1600 entries for a 1 copy giveaway.

A little under 1500, all public and "level 0", but in the old system, where it was not based on levels but pure contribution amount..

19 winds out of 6010 entries. 4.5 months. But I did enter a few that had pretty good odds. Low entries due to puzzles and such. that's an average of 1 per 316. Steam gifts says I'm 5 below estimated but I think I'm doing pretty good. I've had a couple of very nice wins. I intend to play everything I've won. But it may take awhile. I spend more time here then actually playing.

Where does that estimated number come from? Is it an average of everyone?

I won I am Bread in a giveaway with 3,090 entries.

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Zk51t/i-am-bread/winners

Exactly 736.

Yes, I went and counted, I did it because... why not.

1,9K before 1st win. Now it's more often.

2-3K before 1st win!

2300 entries, no win, you're not alone :)

The commonly listed average/median (by way of previous threads on this topic) appears to be around 2000.

Do note, events like my Ultimate Jigsaw Thread typically only see 20 or fewer entries per giveaway (and each event has 50+ games, meaning many people win 3+ gibs in one go), so following forum giveaways can definitely boost your odds.
Heck, my puzzle giveaways for 3xSee No Evil and Thief: Gold are currently at 6 and 4 entries, respectively (if you want a trickier puzzle than jigsaws to work with).

But, more generally, I'd recommend getting to level 2. Anything past that point may not be worth your effort in a pure cost-to-benefit perspective, but levels 1 and 2 do get you access to a lot of additional giveaways (I, for one, typically do event and group giveaways at level 2+, for example.)

No many :/