it's gonna tell you if you won anything

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1.The idea is... You see this arrow? You roll up the rim, and under there it's gonna tell you if you won anything...


2. I hope I win the ID buzz or the ATV, guys. That would be sweet. I never win anything. Are you lucky? Have you ever won anything in your life? Let me know in the comments if you've ever won anything, guys. Should I roll up the rim to see if I won anything? Actually, I have a little bit of coffee, and I'm going to drink that first...

The guy in the video uses the simple past "you won" and "I won" for the verbs that I've put in bold. In British English, would you say it the same way, or would you use the present perfect "you've won" and "I've won" instead?
 
This speaker of BrE would probably use the present perfect.
 
When he uses the past tense, he's referring to the act of purchasing the cup (in the past). When he says "I hope I win", he's referring to the (future) moment of finding out when the rim is rolled up.
 
While in the second video he no doubt uses the simple past "...to see if I won anything...", in the first video, it's actually not quite clear to me what he says. I've listened to it again, and it now seems to me that he says "...it's gonna tell you if you've won anything...".

What do you hear in the first video?
 
He says "you won".
You can listen to "you've won" (US) cases on Youglish to see the difference (except for the 1st one).
 
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