Last week I decided to host a small giveaway where one lucky winner could get 10 Steem Power. All you had to do to enter was to share a Steem or Steemit link to another website, so it was not hard at all to join in. After a week of running, the original post has reached payout, which means that the contest if officially closed, and it is time to select a winner!
Full list of participants
In total 27 people joined in, and below is each of you, including the number that will be used for the random number generator that will select the winner. Google Docs don't want me to copy the list with the numbers, so that's the reason why it's an image and not text, but hopefully you can still read it.
As you can see, 8 people joined in after the reminder, leaving us with 27 participants and a 3.7 % chance to win for each of you. So, let's get to it!
The winning number
I used the Random Number Generator by Google, and as you can see, the winning number was 17.
This means that @mashiliyanage was the lucky winner! Congratulations
I will be sending and Powering Up 10 Steem in a minute, so enjoy your increased voting power!
Wow thanks @valth, I couldn't believe my eyes!
I'm so happy :D That's an amazing gift
Thanks again for organizing this contest<3
And thanks to all of you who sent their love to me<3
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Congrats Buddy!
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Thanks :D
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You're welcome! I hope you enjoy your extra Steem Power, and keep on Steemin' ;)
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I will! See you in the future^^
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Congrats to @mashiliyanage! I had my finger crossed, but I'm happy that I at least submitted something which is half the battle. Frankly, I'm surprised there weren't more entrees.
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That's a good point. And by participating, you helped promote Steemit, which we all should be doing if we want our community to grow and thrive.
Me too. I don't get why more people don't join; it takes about 30 seconds if you do the easy thing and share it on Facebook/Twitter, it's free, and it is not a big hassle with upvoting, following, resteeming and that stuff. But I guess people are pretty lazy! Hehe
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wow,it's amazing.
congratulation dear @mashiliyanage for the achievement.
thank you dear @valth for this kind of wonderful initiative,it will inspired your follower & steemit user (minnows).
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Thanks!
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This comment has received a 0.06 % upvote from @speedvoter thanks to: @mahadihasanzim.
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You're welcome :)
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Congratulations @mashiliyanage ! Thanks again @valth for spreading the word about Steemit and providing this chance to gain Steem!
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No need to thank me :) I think promoting Steemit is something we all need to do our part in if we want to grow.
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Right on!
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Great way to select a winner
Congratulation @mashiliyanage to become the winner of the contest. Hopefully it will encourage you to do more wonder for this amazing community.
Thanks @valth for taking this initiative. keep it up:)
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No problem! I'm just glad everyone was so excited about it :)
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To bad I missed this contest. Will you host new ones?
As I'm still in my learning mode I also have a question. The combined pay out from both post is higher than 10 steem. Can I conclude that hosting this contest also have you a small profit?
Of course it took probably quite some time. So if you also take your time sirens into account it's not really something significant. And you could have used upvote bots. For example what are busy.pay and Alexis?
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Probably. I have no current plants right now, so we'll see :)
I did in fact get a profit from this giveaway, so it was a win-win for both me and the winner. But I did not know that I would get more upvotes than I would give away, and to be honest I did it to keep building my community and maybe even get some more followers. Busy.pay is upvotes given to anyone that blogs from https://busy.org/ instead of Steemit. Everyone should give @busy.org a try; it's a great interface for interacting with the Steem blockchain. I don't know who Alexis is to be honest, so I'm not even sure if it's a bot or a human.
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Congratulations @mashiliyanage! And better luck next time to all others hehe
Thanks for hosting @valth :)
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You're welcome :) I'm glad everyone liked the contest.
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Wow that is so generous of you. Please when is the next contest coming up? A minnow like me need to breathe
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When I feel like doing another :P Hehe, I have no idea really.
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Congratx to winner and @valth for arranging this beautiful contest :)
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@valth you are doing a great job to Promote steemit.
Congratulations @mashiliyanage for winning.
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Thank you for saying that :)
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When is the next contest coming?
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There are no current plans for a new contest.
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Eagerly Waiting for it :p
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Congratulations to those who won the contest and @valth you are doing great by helping steem community☺
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Thank you for saying that :)
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Congrates @mashiliyanage....hope you use it wisely. ..
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Congrats to the luckiest winner @mashiliyanage. And thank you @valth for this wonderful initiative.
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No problem :)
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COngratx to winners ....!! I wish i also participate this contest..
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It's too bad that you didn't get to join, but maybe I will do another contest in the future ;)
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Congratulations to the winners I hope to participate for the next
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I hope to see you enter the next contest then :)
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Congrats to the winner, looking forward to the next contest, nice initiative sir
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I'm glad that you will be joining the next one as well :)
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Congratulation to winner. @valt you have a great mind. This contest is a example of your creative mind.
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Thank you :)
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dan i missed it i was busy in other thing
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Maybe next time then :)
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Congratulations to @mashiliyanage 😊
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Here's a screenshot of the transfer. You can also verify the transfer yourself by looking at my wallet.
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Hello, I'm excited about your next contest. @valth
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I'm glad to hear that :)
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