Sup people. I'm feeling unlucky. I have a month spent of regular giveaways entering and didn't win anything. Can anyone explain me principles of steamgifts' random winner selector?

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Its just random. Like all luck

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completely random? there is no dependences between your contributor status and winning chances?

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CV only allows you to enter contributor giveaways. It doesn't affect chances of winning giveaways you can enter at all.

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Nor should it. Wouldn't be fair otherwise.

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sure.it selects winners randomly. all there is to it.

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The Neverending Story...

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+1

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Quoted from FAQ, which was sticky. Y U no search and read?

How are the winners chosen?
The winners are randomly selected.

I haven't won anything, and this other person has won a bunch. What gives?
Winners are selected at random from the database the moment a giveaway closes. The past history of a member has no affect on their chances of winning, and everyone always has an equal opportunity of being selected.

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Can anyone explain me principles of steamgifts' random winner selector?

It's random

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I got your feeling pal.

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sometimes that's just the way it goes...

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Yeah, and my estimated wins are far beyond my winnings...boah this random generator..really...dam...god..

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ha you're funny, I haven't won anything since September, however in September I won 2 games in 1 week so I probably ran out of luck

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Short story: It's as random as a computer can do random things.

Long story: Computers can't produce completely random numbers from digital hardware, so, depending on what method SG's database uses to generate the random number, it is more or less random. It usually follows a distribution, probably a normal or gaussian distribution, which means there is a certain range of numbers that is more likely to be selected. Nothing to worry about though.

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It's all random. It will happen eventually is all I can say.

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That's Karma yo!

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Random like getting a rainbow color skittle

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This person called anonymous always wins 100% of the time.

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But many rerolls, must be an asshole.

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You won 9 games, why are you complaining?

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9 giveaways won and 9.5 estimated wins... why are you even asking this question??
The winners are randomly chosen, use simple maths to determine your odds from the number of entries in a giveaway. Less entries = higher odds, generally.

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Closed 10 years ago by dgufan.