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nestogen21

Hi there fellows. :D

I have a little Question about Region Restricted Giveaways here, im confused and dont Understand how exactly it is and for what.

If i see a Region Locked Game and read my Country, where im sitting at, i can activate it and play or its shown the Countries, where cant Activate it and what is not mentioned, they can then play, actvate it without Problems?

Sorry that im little bit confused here with it. Cause i see no Info about it at all. :D

Thanks for the incoming help from you smart People here on SG. ^^

Best Regards

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maruten

If you can see it, it means it works in your country, else you would no even see the giveaway

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nestogen21

Hey there, thanks for that Information. Didnt knew it, i was always unsure if ok to enter it or not. ^^

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Rudokhvist

More like "if you can enter", because invite-only giveaways can be region-restricted too.

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maruten

That's true, my bad, I was thinking of public giveaways, so should have said that to make it more clear!

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AllTracTurbo

The giveaway creator selects the regions that can enter and those are shown. You shouldn't need to check the list of countries, if there is a button to enter the giveaway, the giveaway creator has selected your region. If your region is not allowed to enter, the enter button will be red and say "region restricted". It will not let you enter if you click it.

I believe giveaways that are not in your region are not shown on the main giveaway list, so you probably won't see any unless you find a giveaway that someone posts in the discussions and has region restrictions.

Here is an example of a giveaway that you should not be able to enter: https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/rk6ey/

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JinxGamez

I never actually knew this is how it worked and I never entered region-locked giveaways because of this. Thanks, OP, your question gave me an answer I never knew I needed.

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