To get 1 ticket only in an entire week means it has to have been a referral bonus to an account which never collected the faucet, so they may never even use that account. I knew tons of people from computer forums back in the 2013 era when we could mine BTC on a simple cheap graphics card and it would make a profit, they left and never came back after that year because it fell so hard. Some of them rewired their entire houses upgraded the fuse box etc. put out money because they bet on the highest price and forgot difficulty rising + the era of ASIC arrived, unfortunately its better to play the long game on the base price not the spikes imo. So if he doesnt use that account but someone he referred is still playing then he gets a prize and never realizes. I have an old account from back then and I never took it serious so I've no idea on it tbh, I never really managed to refer anyone though so its not entering lotteries automatically.
I just got about 9000 sats from 3 wheel spins, pretty lucky in a straight sequence as the 5k tier one is a bit rarer then that normally. I dont dream about the big prize so much as it does require exceptional luck, if I can just win regular then maybe go on to win a few of the sports bets thats cool by me.
Yea, I have the same experience... some of my referrals went idle on me for years and when there are a spike in the price, then their account becomes active again. I think they forgot about there accounts and when they see the high Bitcoin price, they suddenly want to use the site again.. hoping that the Satoshi that they get, will be worth something or that there were some Satoshi's left in there.
I see some tickets magically appearing now and again and I know I have not bought it, so it must be these dead referrals that are coming back to life.