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no it isn't

Additional rules, like "redeem in 1 day", are null and void. If the winner is friendly, he/she will agree to delete the giveaway, but rules say you have to deliver the game within 7 days and the winner has these 7 days to collect the game.

Private or public makes no difference in the rules, but you can preselect your trusted participants who agree with your own rules and don't insist on general SG rules. ;)

The 7 day rule hasn't changed so therefore it is still in use. You have to allow a minimum 7 days for the person to collect the game otherwise you could be the one in trouble with the sg mods. Also if the person refuses you to delete the giveaway, if you cannot provide the gift due to whatever restrictions etc, they can mark it as not received.

You can request but you can’t really enforce. If the person is willing to play ball that’s great, but you should be willing to either buy the game elsewhere or accept a Not Recieved mark if you go for this idea

you can make an invite only giveaway, and sent the invite link after they say: I agree to delete the giveaway if I don't have redeemed the key in x hours after receiving the key.

In this case the participants gave their written permission for deletion of the giveaway. I don't know if it is legal, maybe someone else can verify this?

Hey Samurai, have you considered doing giveaways on Reddit? You can do 24 hour or 1 hour giveaways and you can randomly pick from whoever comments or ask them to provide a song, joke, etc.

Two SubReddits I sometimes use are r/RandomActsofGaming and r/giftofgames. Each has its own rules, so you will need to review them before making a giveaway.

You can also wait for the Steam Lunar sale. The games on sale there are guaranteed to last as long as the event is going on, which should start on Feb. 4 and end on Feb. 11

It's extremely rare for people to take more than a couple of days to accept their winnings, and even in the worst case scenario that the winner takes too long and refuses to delete the GA - all you'll lose is 1 GA slot. Definitely not the end of the world, and shouldn't be enough to discourage you from making the giveaways you want to make :)