Saw a guy who won 1000 games, am I just unlucky or is this normal?

Does anyone know if the giveaway entered number show on our accounts is correct? I remember a while ago, I think when the site was switched over to the new version it said I had over 2200 entries and then after the switch it reset to 0. Was that just a temporary thing and the previous 2200 were added back on or was everyone reset back to 0 at that point?

I think it was reset to 0 because it currently says I have 11,317 entries and if I go back on my entry list to the last one (11,317), it was only 10 months ago and I know my account is older than that.

Won 3 today!

But it's not you, it's me...

Iv'e joined +6700 GA's and won 16 games (1-2 of which was from one of those "more winners than entries"-GA's and 1 other being region locked to some faraway country that wasn't mine, so i had no luck from winning it anyway.), so i'd say it seems around normal.

The trick is to manage to join those who get very few entries, which naturally almost never happens with the games one wants the most, lel.

I win bad rats, bye

Why is it every time I see a thread like this, I check the user's profile and they haven;t made a giveaway in months either?

your are very lucky, you....

Better than me, I have 5/4181.

I'm thinking that you have made your chances to win even lower now since people here have been known to blacklist others who make posts like this.

Been here 2 years, patiently waiting for my first win. :)

You have won "only" 6 games?!?! I am also on StemGifts for a year and I won only 1 game... You seriously think of yourself as unlucky?? -.-

You think you are unlucky? That seems like a pretty good ratio to me, I won my first and only giveaway after entering around 1200 giveaways. There was a bundle game that I really wanted, and I entered around 200 giveaways of it, and it had an average of 300 participants in each. Still didn't win it.

I honestly don't see what is the problem: you gave 6 games and you won 6 and 6 won games in 3700 entries is not bad.
If you want to improve your chances give more.

it's karma

The guy who won 1000 games is level 9 and gifted 1128 games, you're only level 1 and gifted 6 games, so I won't call that unlucky. If you want to win more you can try to solve puzzles to join private giveaways, or gift more games to increase your level.

Wait, were do you guys check your total giveaway entry on the site? >.>

I can't complain.

given 6, won 6, try to give another maybe u will end in 7/7 in my opinion a nice ratio for a level 1 :D

I'm trying to decide if I should celebrate doing 100 giveaways by having the 100th giveaway be the celebration? Or do I have to do 100 giveaways, then do the celebration giveaway? But then I couldn't celebrate my 100th giveaway, because I'm already doing 101st giveaway. That would be like celebrating my 30th birthday when I'm turning 36.

6 wins from 3700 entries is actually pretty lucky for public giveaways. I had almost 3000 entries when I won my first game. Some types of giveaways have much better odds. Group giveaways are how the person with 1000 wins got so many. Group giveaways, private giveaways, level restricted giveaways, whitelist giveaways, and giveaways that are hidden behind puzzles in the forums often have far fewer entries, so you're more likely to win.

Region restricted giveaways rocks !! More chances !!

"So, I've been on SteamGifts for almost a year now, and I've joined about 3700 giveaways"

I'm active 6mos-ish won 53 and joined 6.9k

Your CV level is the problem. You can only join giveaways with low odds.

The last thing I've won was a DLC for Shadow of Mordor, and it's been eight months
Last wekk I had hope who I won Dark souls, but, I'm unluck

And last year I had the luck of won three games :v

Loads, loads of gibs. Gibs everywhere.

It took me 2750 entries before I won something, and that was only the beginning of this week. .-.