Ancient Gamer

A box on Cases.gg (classic), first seen 2 Nov 2026. Every value is Cases.gg's own item price.

Price
$3.88
Advertised RTP
89.33%
EV $3.47 from 18 items
Observed RTP, 30d
76.79%
1,225 openings, odds method
Variance
3.5×
of price², per opening
Tail share
1 in 12
of openings carry half the EV
Below price
77.4%
of openings return less than the price

Advertised vs observedper window, 95% band and the advertised marker

observed, 95% bandadvertisedoutside bandsmall sample
24 hours
95.40%±27.01184 openings
7 days
78.04%±11.021,106 openings
30 days
76.79%±10.471,225 openings
since tracking started
76.79%±10.471,225 openings
65.5%94.3%123.0%

Outside band, 30 days. Advertised 89.33% sits outside the 95% band of the observed openings (66.32% – 87.26%, 1,225 openings, 30 days). The band comes from the site's own odds and values; the figure is a fact about these openings, not a verdict on the case.

Windowsthe test per window

WindowOpeningsObservedDev.Method
24h18495.40%±27.0+0.4σodds
7d1,10678.04%±11.0−2.0σodds
30d1,22576.79%±10.5−2.3σodds
All1,22576.79%±10.5−2.3σodds
Enough sample: 100 openings and 5 expected rare hits (odds method) or 1,000 openings (sample method).

Items and odds18 items · odds sum to 1 · observed counts over 1,225 openings, 30 days

Share of the expected value, most valuable first; colour is the item's rarity.
ItemOddsValueEV shareObservedExpectedHot / cold
CRT Monitorother1 in 333$80.006.9%33.70.82×
DOOM 1993 CDother1 in 167$40.006.9%77.40.95×
Vintage issue of PC Gamerother1 in 133$30.006.5%59.20.54×
VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 3650 1 GB DDR2 AGP Graphics Cardother1 in 100$25.007.2%1012.30.82×
Logitech TrackMan Marbleother1 in 100$25.007.2%912.30.73×
Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex PS2other1 in 67$17.007.4%1818.40.98×
Intel® Pentium® Processor E2160other1 in 67$16.006.9%1018.40.54×
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PS2 CDother1 in 50$10.005.8%2124.50.86×
Metal Gear Solid CDother1 in 50$8.004.6%1524.50.61×
PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Splitter Cableother1 in 40$6.995.0%3830.61.24×
StarCraft Shareware CDother1 in 40$6.324.6%2330.60.75×
Half-Life CDother1 in 33$4.804.2%3536.80.95×
Age of Empires CDother1 in 25$3.984.6%6049.01.22×
2GB DDR2 Desktop Ramother1 in 20$3.334.8%5961.30.96×
The Sims CDother12.5%$2.107.6%136153.10.89×
Windows XP Professional Installation Discother14.9%$1.777.6%172182.50.94×
40-Pin IDE Drive Ribbon Cablesother20.0%$0.201.2%280245.01.14×
Molex Cablesother24.9%$0.151.1%324305.61.06×
Values are Cases.gg's own item prices for physical goods; EV share = odds × value ÷ EV. Hot / cold compares observed drops of each item with odds × openings; small expected counts are left blank. Odds read from cases-gg:api/cases/details, 11 Nov, 14:54 UTC.

Biggest dropsfrom this case, by value

No drops yetNo drop from this case seen yet.

Latest dropsnewest first

Molex Cablesother$3.88$0.150.04x
Molex Cablesother$3.88$0.150.04x
Molex Cablesother$3.88$0.150.04x
The Sims CDother$3.88$2.100.54x
40-Pin IDE Drive Ribbon Cablesother$3.88$0.200.05x
40-Pin IDE Drive Ribbon Cablesother$3.88$0.200.05x
Molex Cablesother$3.88$0.150.04x
2GB DDR2 Desktop Ramother$3.88$3.330.86x
40-Pin IDE Drive Ribbon Cablesother$3.88$0.200.05x

Observed RTP over timedaily, 30 days

Observed RTP, dailyAdvertised 89.33%

Catalog changesprice, advertised RTP and contents, per capture

CapturedPriceAdvertisedItems
2 Nov, 21:39 UTC$3.8889.33%18
Each opening is tested against the capture in force when it happened; a price or odds change starts a new one.

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