Hello there! I think there was a thread like this a couple of years ago, but as things may have changed since then, out of curiosity I decided to make another one.

So, feel free to post here which giveaway you won where you had the lowest chances of winning! Mine was Garry's Mod which had 2,283 participants including me. :D

P.S. : By the way, giveaways with thousands of copies don't count because chances are that a lot of people here won at least one of those... :P

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How many entries (including yours) were in the GA you won with the lowest chances?

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1 - 5 ;_;
6 - 25 DX
26 - 50 D:
51 - 100 :(
101 - 500 :/
501 - 1000 :o
1001 - 2500 :)
2501 - 5000 :D
5001 - 10000 XD
+ 10000 >:D
Potato - Potato :P

497 entries, not including multiple copies giveaways (for obvious reasons).

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My first ever win was also my luckiest: Sleeping Dogs Definitive Ed with 8,731 entries xD

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fallout 4- 19k entries.
skyrim legendary- 9.5k entries xDD

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Wow. All your wins are extremely lucky. And that Fallout 4 gifter is permanently suspended ... I sense an interesting story here (which we will probably never get to hear ;__;)

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i still have this gift, so idk whats wrong here.

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My guess would be multiple account usage, since no other violations are possible as the person has no wins and never even entered any giveaway. Still, they only gave valuable gifts. It's weird.

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I don't think he would be permabanned for that, as he never entered any GAs with this account, and didn't do closed GAs - so no chance of scamming...

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Multiple account usage is always punished with permaban, no matter if you enter giveaways or not.

Look for yourself: https://www.steamgifts.com/roles <- at the bottom of this page you find violations to the TOS and their according penalization.

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Just noticed that the gifter for my win with lowest odds was also perma suspended, but I'm sure there are lot's of stories like that. :3

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That's amazing!
Especially considering you only entered 3,121 GAs ever.
How does your Luck Per Month graph look like?

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Wow, you were really super lucky. Probably gonna have some unlucky months now :(

Check mine out: https://imgur.com/a/k25ipmO

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1/1,530 for Gryphon Knight Epic

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Oh I found it! It's Left 4 Dead 1 for me, with a bit less than 3000, so it was a 0,03% chance :]

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Oh, you found it! Nevermind then. :P

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Oxenfree. 1329 Entries.

Thanks for the GA, Ilan!
Too bad I already own it though...

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Yeah, I believe it may take a while before someone who doesn't own it and has level 1 or higher enters... XD

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This War of Mine 4600 but 2 winners, so it will be 2300. And Don't Starve Together - 2560:)

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Wouldn't that make it 4599 though? Or I'm getting the probability law wrong?

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No if there are 2 winners so your chances are doubled. Just divide the number of winners by the number of participants and this gives you a chance to win;)
For example, 1000 participants and 500 winners 500/1000 = 1/2 = 50%
In my situation This War of Mine -2/4600 = 1/2300 = 0.00044 ... = 0.044%
DST - 1/2560 = 0,00039 = 0,039%:)

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Ok, I see how it works. :)

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Technically, [2/4600 = 1/2300]
So, yeah, the guy is right about the chances :)

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Probably Kingdom: New Lands Royal Edition, 1067 entries, followed by GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst with 694 entries.

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Mighty No.9 at 2,312 entries.

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Snake Pass at 355 entries.

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Bioshock at 4,451 entries.

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Furi

1,483 entries

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Nothing ;-;

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I assume you haven't tried to join the Unlucky7 group yet?

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DeadCore with 807 entries

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superhot with 1 entry, i almost lost it 💃

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DOOM had 14,565 entries, and it was the first and only giveaway of that game I ever entered.

I'm a little proud of winning with such low odds, but I feel terrible about winning that particular game because I didn't realize my computer couldn't run it. By which I mean it literally won't even start. I forget the actual error it gave me, but I looked it up back then, and it's not just drivers or the like; IIRC it's something to do with my motherboard. Every other resource-intensive game I've tried I was able to tweak into submission (even if it meant playing with ini-tweaked super-low graphical settings at an 800x450 resolution), but DOOM made me hit an actual hardware wall. To the other 14,564 entrants (not to mention the one who gave it to me!), I'm so sorry! T_T

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That's what happened when I won the Witcher 3. I couldn't play it for like a year because I found out my computer couldn't run it. Luckily I got a new computer, but I felt terrible during that time D:

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Had the same with MGS Ground Zeroes and felt pretty shitty for about 6 months. Then i got a job, could afford a nice enough PC, and oh boy was starting that motherfucker up (the game) a relief! The intro already had me pumped to the max =D

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Chroma Squad with 941 entries :)

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That was fun! To look through all those wins and see the incredible variety of odds. Thanks for the question!

Lowest odds of winning - STAR WARSâ„¢ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
991

Honorable Mention - Frozen Synapse
734

Honorable Mention - Tomb Raider: Underworld
702

This is the one I was most excited about, though. Did not think I had a chance to win. Woohoo! - Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
379

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My highest win had to be Tom Clancy’s The Division, 10.908 entries for only 1 copy XD

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2,327 was my highest entries, but the giveaway I felt most lucky for was when I won Nier:Automata. Although it was a puzzle giveaway with only 52 entries, I felt lucky because it was a wishlist game for me (and I only have about 15 games in my wishlist) and literally the ONLY time I have ever seen it given away here.

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I won a copy of Viscera Cleanup Detail with over 1700 entries, with a win chance rate of .06%
... it's a damn shame I really, REALLY disliked the game after playing it for a few hours.

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