i have also contacted support at several casinos, to inform them that on more then one gambling forum, people are not really happy with their current platform, as it makes microgaming look like either cheaters, or favoring idiotic players (to clarify: there are several personally observed instances where í've seen players collectively take all the big prizes, with the maximum rebuys, or at least continues, which after calculating, would have been a loss moneywise o.o)
now its hard to me to believe that players are so dumb, but of course it is possible: go wild casino, told me they have observed this as well and realize this is at the least costing alot of other players the fun feeling of a free tournament, and i commented, that i wanted to believe them, but regardless of my opinion, there is talk, and will continue to be talk about them rigging it (eg being that group of players themselves), so not only for the players, but for their own credibility, i'd advice them to make a new platform, where this is impossible (very easily done, either dont implement the rebuy or continue system, or make it free and leave the time limited)
and ive stated this also in another post, but this has been frustrating me for some time now...
luckily they promised that at least they were gonna do something about it, and so far they did, but only slightly in comparison to the bulk of tourneys..
but hey: it's a start.
maybe we as players could harass all our favourite mgs support teams, to ask them: hey! ive heard.... why dont you have that? etc.
When these came out there was no such thing as a "rebuy", only continues. Even continues had modest limits, 6 was the most I ever saw in those days.
Now it's a complete joke, with 999 rebuys and 999 continues being commonplace. Continues are the bigger problem, since you really can simply buy your way to the top by being prepared to use whatever number of continues you can get through in the time allowed. Players who do NOT want to spend the ENTIRE WEEK playing the same tournament 24/7 don't stand a chance where there is a small group of players doing this. WHY this group should do this, despite it being a -EV outcome, and an entire week of work, is puzzling, unless......
....we start thinking "bonus abuse" or even "fraud".
By being able to buy your way to the top, you can GUARANTEE that you will get the money. IF a group of players collude, they could use these tournaments to move money between casino accounts. Although bonus money itself CANNOT be used to pay tournament fees, any winnings CAN. Checks on players are ONLY made upon withdrawal.
A possible scenario, or how the obvious -EV is actually +EV, and possibly worth the trouble.
Sit n go - easy, 5 accounts buy in, but ensure that the winner is the account that withdrawals will work on. Money is generated in the others by "abusing" an SUB, and then pushing the winnings through sit n go tournaments to other accounts, rather than run the gauntlet of having the withdrawal denied because the entire balance was doubled by betting it all on Black on Roulette. Even when the winnings have been moved this way, the bonus remains, and another double up can be attempted. Eventually, this fails, and the account is ditched. The accounts receiving the money just "like playing sit n go tournaments", and in every respect are legit, perhaps to the point of never claiming a bonus, and having all the necessary documents verified.
Free tournaments - harder, because the money doesn't really move anywhere, and the winning account itself is already in a -EV situation. BUT, the practice drives away other players, and eventually COLLUDING players can ensure they ONLY invest what is required between them, by agreeing in real time which positions they will each take. They also agree to split the prize money evenly, so they do NOT have to compete with each other for a particular place, just ensure that as a whole they can get a regular +EV outcome. SOME free tournaments actually have pretty big top prizes, and are heavily weighted towards the top few positions. By colluding, a group of players could "take over" particular events, discourage others from challenging their dominance, and then milk a +EV situation. For as long as it works, they will keep on doing it.
There WILL be a small number of players who will do this for "honour", but surely not the same few, all the time, and all the same tournaments.
Do I win the Slotsmeister EVERY month? I do this for "honour" as it's usually -EV for me, and I COULD monopolise it EVERY month, but I don't, rather I try to be the "first to........", but then merely defend the record, not prevent others making lesser achievments. Currently, I am in "first to win 3 in a row" mode, done twice in a row already. This month is also "record breaking score" month, and maybe I WILL strive to be the first ever to hit 200 and whatever thousand points