For the past year that I have been on this site, I have also participated and I have never been able to win a single game.
I sincerely find that odd. what do you think?

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Depends on how many giveaways you've entered. I dont win games I'm looking for, but I win DLC, and games that push me out of my normal choices.

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You've only entered a tiny number of giveaways. The odds in this case are spot on - you wouldn't have a win yet.

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75 giveaways. That is how much it took me to enter to win the first (and so far only) time

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You can get much better chances: UL7

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I don’t need it (I’m not looking for free games), I just say that probability theory is a strange thing.

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Bell curves, man! Bell curves!
For every person like you there's a Khalaq ( he had some absurdly high entry numbers until his first wn)

Edit: DeltaBladeX is on point with the picture below. I think average win chance was around 4-600ish entries back then, even better for whitelists, groups and forum giveaways-puzzles.

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With access to whitelist, group, and level-restricted giveaways - I'm at 8 currently - my average is one win every 182 entries. Odds are worse at 0-level access. It's all chance, of course; I'd say you've been lucky. Also, white-listed for giving away so much. Good on you!

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Giveaways Entered: 192

There's your 'problem' :) It's just unlikely to win a level 0 giveaway.

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Weird indeed!
With 192 entries in giveaways with thousands of participants you should definitely have won something. If I were you, I'd write my local congressman a complaint :)

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Do the math yourself. You expected wins should be in the 0.05-0.1 range.

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I blame Probability theory!

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User stats will probably show your luck is about expected.

Now this is an example of weird. But don't worry, even he won something eventually.

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The User Stats are a bit weird i think xd
So.. I have ~80% chance to win tommorow? I keep your word.

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You got some good chances in some giveaways, perhaps one with almost as many copies as entrants. I've had 100% chance days, only entry in a giveaway or more copies than entries will show that.

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As well, the chance to win in the future is almost always wrong. As the deadline gets closer and closer, more entries come into play, lowering an individual's chances.

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It's weird, no really.

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Reminder - if you enter 1000 giveaways with 1000 entries - its 1/1000 every time :3.

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yup these are quite good advices. I would also add:
make some GAs. People dont really like to add users to Whitelists if they see that you never gave away anything...

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Lootboy?

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If we judge based on my number, you did not entered half of the amount of GAs what I need for 1 winning :D
I mean I have entered 61502 GAs in 5 years so I entered yearly approximately 12300 GAs and won "only" 155 games... which means "every" 397th entering is a winning :D You entered 192 in a year... thats nothing :D

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Thank you friends for the clarification.

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Zero given, zero received

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When I first joined it took a year and a half before I won anything, plus I was at "you've won 2 fewer games than expected" without having won anything.

It's all random chance. Just like there's nothing actually preventing someone from getting tails tens times in a row. It's just really unlikely.

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192 entries in 1 year !! there is nothing odd with it . ppl enter maybe 50 k entries in a year o more for couple of games ..

you should enter giveaways more often

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It's all about probability and luck. If most of the games you enter have around 1000 entries, you probably won't win until you enter around 1000 giveaways. If you want to increase your chances of winning, you can enter giveaways with less entries by creating giveaways to level up and join level restricted giveaways, joining groups for group restricted giveaways, or participating in the community discussions and finding hidden invite only giveaways.

You may want to read the FAQ. There is a lot of good information there.

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your low levl makes it very unlikely to win anything. just random luck.

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People have said it already but meh, I'm going to say stuff too.

  1. It's because you only entered under 200 giveaways in one year. Pretty much every day you start off with 400 points. What I do every day is I sink all my points into games I want to win. Every damn day. Sometimes that'll be 20 games I've entered in a day, sometimes It'll be closer to 50 depending on what games are being given away. So compared to the under 200 games you've entered in the 1 year, I'll enter roughly 18k giveaways (providing that I remember to enter some some days)

  2. It also depends on the giveaways you're entering. If youre super super desperate to win a game without giving a damn what it is then enter as many as you can on the main giveaway page, regardless of what it is. They're only level 0 but theres more of a chance of winning those than the games you have on your wishlist.

  3. You are level 0, you've not given any games away yet and therefore are not level 1, being higher levels will grant you access to entering more giveaways where less people have access to.

  4. Check the discussions for puzzles, jigsaws and other things. People like to put these as gateways to their giveaways so that bots aren't entering their giveaways.

  5. Join a giveaway group, they will put out group-only giveaways where you will have more chance of winning. Most thought will have the requirement that you have to do some giveaways too, or play the games you've won.

  6. Get added to people's whitelist. Some people so whitelist recruitment. Some people will whitelist you if you start making giveaways. And if people whitelist you and they make a "whitelist only" giveaway then you will have a better chance of winning.

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Giveaways Entered
257
me an intellectual
Giveaways Entered
109,904

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