Frequently asked questions

GibeAway is a hub for free CS2 and Rust skin giveaways. Community hosts run giveaways here, and we run our own monthly and weekly drops on top. Every winner is drawn with a provably fair process you can check yourself.

Yes. Signing in and entering giveaways costs nothing. Some host giveaways offer bonus tickets for activity on a partner site, but those tasks are always optional.

Click Login with Steam. You sign in on Steam's own website, so we never see your password. We only receive your SteamID, display name, and avatar.

You need a Steam account in good standing, and you need to live somewhere these giveaways are allowed. See our Terms of Service for the full rules.

Open the giveaway and click Join. From then on, any tickets you earn by completing its tasks count toward the draw. Once you have joined, the card shows Entered.

Joining starts tracking your progress. Tickets come from completing the giveaway's tasks, such as using the host's code or reaching wager milestones. The giveaway page lists each task and how many tickets it is worth.

No. Only activity between the moment you join and the moment the giveaway ends counts, so join early to get the most out of a giveaway.

About once a minute while the giveaway is running, plus right after you join. We also run a final update when the giveaway closes, so last minute activity before the end time still counts.

Giveaways that run on RustyLoot track your wagers and deposits there. Verifying links your Steam account so we can see that activity and award your tickets.

Click Join on any RustyLoot giveaway. If you are not verified yet, you will see a Verify with RustyLoot button that opens their verification page in a new window. Finish the steps there, close the window, and we will check again and enter you automatically.

Make sure you completed every step on RustyLoot and signed in there with the same Steam account you use on GibeAway. Then click I've verified to check again. If it still fails after a few minutes, contact us with your SteamID.

Every ticket you earn in a host giveaway also adds one bonus ticket to your balance. You can spend bonus tickets to enter the monthly and weekly giveaways, one bonus ticket for one entry.

Yes. You can spend more bonus tickets at any time before the draw closes. Each spend adds to the entries you already have.

Bonus tickets do not expire, but they have no cash value. They cannot be sold, transferred to another account, or refunded once spent on an entry.

It ranks players by the tickets they have earned in host giveaways, across all time, this month, this week, or today. Spending tickets does not lower your position.

When a giveaway ends, entries are frozen and we commit to a future block on the EOS blockchain. Once that block is final, its hash decides the winning ticket. Read the full process on our Fairness page.

Yes. Every ended giveaway shows its block number, block hash, roll, and winning ticket. Paste the block hash and total tickets into the calculator on the Fairness page to get the same result.

Usually within a couple of minutes. The deciding block is produced about a minute after the giveaway closes, and we wait for it to become final before settling the draw.

Yes. Your chance of winning is your tickets divided by the total tickets in the draw, and every ticket has exactly the same chance.

For host giveaways, the host delivers the prize to the winner. For monthly and weekly giveaways, we do. Make sure your Steam account can trade, because trade holds or restrictions can delay delivery.

Hosting is open to approved creators. Email us at support@gibeaway.com with your channel or community. Once approved, you can create giveaways from your dashboard with your own code and wager or deposit milestones.

Yes. Private giveaways are hidden from the public list and can only be opened by people who have the direct link, which is handy for subscriber or community only drops.

Your Steam display name and avatar appear on leaderboards, in draw results, and as the winner of any giveaway you win. Your wager and deposit amounts are not shown publicly.

Change them on Steam, then sign out and sign back in to GibeAway. We refresh your profile every time you sign in.

Email us at support@gibeaway.com with your SteamID. Our Privacy Policy explains what we keep and why.