Hi Everyone,
Thank you Jufo for pointing to this matter, As soon as I read the above I contacted Microgaming and they are investigating this matter.
Of course that GoWild or any other Microgaming casino cannot change the games winnings and odds, that is why Microgaming is considered to be the most fair casino platform.
I am sure a conclusion will arrive soon - I will update the thread when it will.
Thank you all
Floyd W.
The problem yet AGAIN seems to be one of rushing out upgrades without THOROUGH testing.
There have been MANY bugs with MGS, and often it is hard work to get MGS to do anything about it. The bugs mostly affect performance of the client software, and often not on EVERY PC. This is FAR more serious though, and leaves me wondering what they did with an OLD GAME that caused this to happen, since they tell us the games, once developed, are SET IN STONE, and the underlying odds are NEVER changed, so WHY ON EARTH were these payout routines even touched, let alone cocked-up.
I have spotted a SECOND bug, equally as serious, and coming with the same update as seems to have produced this one. I found all my history has BEEN WIPED
Cashcheck shows no activity before mid April, yet I have been making deposits, and a couple of withdrawals, since January.
Further, games that "store" state between sessions, such as Tomb Raider II, have had the stored states WIPED, and the games "factory reset".
This has consequences for the mid term RTP, since there is, in some cases, "saved value" as well as "eye candy" involved. TR II, for example, needs 5 passports to get the feature, and it can sometimes take HUNDREDS of spins just to get one of the last couple. Annoying if they are all wiped, and you have to start again.
This has also dented my trust in MGS software, since it now seems that this kind of thing DOES happen, even though it is not supposed to. There are, apparently, NO safeguards to prevent this, and once lost, how the HELL does the player prove that anything of the kind has indeed happened.
I cannot even prove deposits & withdrawals, since they come under the processor name, and not the name of the individual casino.
I DID contact support for the casino concerned, but so far have heard nothing back, clearly NOT an urgent issue, but maybe THIS revelation shows that there HAS been a serious malfunction.
Players concerned should check their Cashcheck, to see if they have "lost" any history (last 2 YEARS should be available), and if they have, check any games that they KNOW they have played recently, and that save "tokens" of some sort towards a bonus, or even an "eye candy" trail, such as Great Galaxy Grab. The new Thunderstruck II is one such slot, so a bug in saving states is SERIOUS, since MGS are now producing more games along these lines.