It's a lottery, and the bot doesn't really pretend otherwise. The one-button setup has a certain charm, but go in with clear eyes: Stars leave faster than gifts arrive.
Gift Games is a bot for Telegram NFT gifts, and it lives entirely in the chat. No mini app, no spinning reels: you tap a button, spend Stars on an attempt and see whether a gift drops. There's barely anything layered on top, which makes it about as direct as these things get.
Playing earns you cacti, the bot's in-game points. They feed a daily leaderboard, and once a week the leaders get a shot at an NFT gift raffle. So there's a second way to walk away with something: if not a lucky attempt, then simply showing up often.
The makers say outright that you alone are responsible for what you spend, and that's fair. Wins are random, and you can burn through Stars with nothing to show for it. There's no real free mode either: the core loop is paid attempts with Telegram Stars.
Everything happens in a plain Telegram conversation, in Russian. One attempt is enough to see how it works; after that, it's about where you draw your own line on Stars.
Tap a star — you can change your vote later.