"Gift not received" <-- is it permanent?

Nope.

No, he would get suspended/banned

No, he can't mark it as received since he will not have it on his profile, leaving him open for a ban for not activating his gift. '-'

You need to give the person the game they won. Until then, Keep they have the right to mark as not recieved.

I can trade you a Just cause gift for something else since you don't seem you want to just suck it up and buy the games anyway for the giveaway. If interested send a friend invite.

Tip: Don't start a giveaway with a game you don't own to giveaway.

mneaaaaaaaa not really cause he'll show up as winning a certain game but not have activated it. Better contact support to be sure ;)

btw what game did he win? :D if i may ask, of course :P

You either send the game that the giveaway was for or it is marked as not received. If you send the person a different game, and they mark it as received, then both of you are in violation of the rules. You for not sending the game the giveaway was for, and them for lying about receiving the game (or conversely, just them for having a game marked as received but not activating it on their account)

It's not permanent. If you buy the game later and give them to winner, they should switch it to received after they got the game from you. Unless they got the game elsewhere in the meantime and you were too late.

You can't say "some winners" when there were three winners and two didn't get the gift.

thx guys for explanation. case closed.