Hey guys,

I'm new to steamgifts and I'm wondering what does "Estimated wins" mean on your profile page? What does that number behind it stand for and how is it calculated?

Greetings,

lollas

11 years ago*

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Each giveaway you enter raises your Estimated wins by x amount depending on how many people enter a giveaway. Eg: If you're the only person who enters (by some crazy chance) it will raise by 1.0; if a few thousand enter, the amount it raises will be very very small. Basically the higher the number of entrants in a single giveaway the lower your chances of winning and the less it goes up. It's pretty much just a way to keep track of your luck. :)

Also, welcome to the site!

11 years ago
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Wow that's impressive! Thanks for explaining it to me!!

11 years ago
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You're welcome. :D

11 years ago
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It's a statistic, a sum of all the percentual chances you had to win a game from all giveaways entered, shows you if you've been lucky or not.

You for example have been very lucky !

11 years ago
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Yes I noticed I'm very lucky! I won a game after 72 entries while others after 700-800 entries still haven't won anything.. I was really suprised!

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Haha, I just went and checked when I read your commment. That is definitely some insane luck Iollas.

11 years ago
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Haha maybe I'm blessed by the gods of steamgifts

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According to CG, "Estimated wins is the sum of all your entered giveaways using the following formula... SUM(1/MAX(1,(Gift.Entries/Gift.Copies)))", which is the most formal way to say the same thing kralizeh and Aly have already answered. =]

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Cool! Thanks for giving me the formula!

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Closed 11 years ago by lollas.