The Deal is missing on Pokerstars

[RhinoRyan89]

Great challanges pmsl

rake $1 for 7 star coins basically 7c
rake $10 for 70 star coins basically 70c

Great incentive to play more rofl

 

[rachelle2291]

I just opened a blue chest but alas just 50 cents and no starscoins
I always play just enough 1 dollar spin and gos in a day to get my free 1 dollar sports freebet which you get when you get knocked out of a tourney without cashing. So I would have to go on quite a winning streak to get 7 coins since you have to play 10 of them to rake a dollar.

 

[moots]

Great challanges pmsl

rake $1 for 7 star coins basically 7c
rake $10 for 70 star coins basically 70c

Great incentive to play more rofl

You just need to play 500 x 0.25 Sit n Gos ($125) and you get 70 starcoin ticket

It's so terrible.

 

[KrazyKoo]

I knew it


This is beyond sick. Beyond sick. What the heck pokerstars. Definitely worth playing over 10 month. Thanks a lot PokerStars. This is a fricking scam!

 

[Station_Master]

I knew it

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This is beyond sick. Beyond sick. What the heck PokerStars. Definitely worth playing over 10 month. Thanks a lot PokerStars. This is a fricking scam!

Snap! I got the same.

But I am more than happy with this, you must have spent alot of starcoins to be annoyed

 

[Station_Master]

I think jackpot was 850k ish, so I understand 425k split between everyone who played the deal in the previous 12 hours. So something like 13,178 people played in the 12 hours previous. It's certainly possible with the promotion giving so many tickets away. I gather its split per person rather than per play.

 

[KrazyKoo]

Snap! I got the same.

But I am more than happy with this, you must have spent alot of starcoins to be annoyed

I did, I played this particular jackpot daily since 2022 since it was less than $100 000.

Considering that the typical payout for jackpot of $250 000 in the Deal was over $25 I can guarantee you that this challenges promotion directly affected quantity of players partaking in the Deal.

 

[RhinoRyan89]

Defo the new promo since re launch reduced the prize for playing within 12 hours.

 

[benitwapasu]

The challenge is still there today despite it being won

 

[moots]

I did, I played this particular jackpot daily since 2022 since it was less than $100 000.

Considering that the typical payout for jackpot of $250 000 in the Deal was over $25 I can guarantee you that this challenges promotion directly affected quantity of players partaking in the Deal.

Yeah, usually the prize is about $10 for every $100000. But I think it would have been much higher (over $200) since it's been harder for most players to get coins without the challenge and people probably forgot about The Deal or gave up.

 

[KrazyKoo]

Yeah, usually the prize is about $10 for every $100000. But I think it would have been much higher (over $200) since it's been harder for most players to get coins without the challenge and people probably forgot about The Deal or gave up.

I agree. I also noticed even before technical error in August 24th that people were giving up or wondering maybe if something is wrong. Understandable considering many jackpots in early 2022 ended before $100 000 and now suddenly it went 10 months straight and reached all time peak.

I was expecting minimum of $100 but the true estimate from my end was over $200 too.

 

[moots]

I am not conspiracy theorist, but if the payout was $100+, then most people would likely withdraw that amount. Meaning thousands of people would withdraw at the same time. So PokerStars would lose that money.

However, if the prize was a small amount, people are more likely to use the money to play = more rake/activity for PokerStars.

 

[RhinoRyan89]

I am not conspiracy theorist, but if the payout was $100+, then most people would likely withdraw that amount. Meaning thousands of people would withdraw at the same time. So PokerStars would lose that money.

However, if the prize was a small amount, people are more likely to use the money to play = more rake/activity for PokerStars.

This sounds very plausible to me and wouldn't suprise me to be honest.

 

[KrazyKoo]

I am not conspiracy theorist, but if the payout was $100+, then most people would likely withdraw that amount. Meaning thousands of people would withdraw at the same time. So PokerStars would lose that money.

However, if the prize was a small amount, people are more likely to use the money to play = more rake/activity for PokerStars.

This is the case 95% likely, however the jackpot money is never PokerStars'es money, it's always players generated money. The Deal is 100% zero-sum game, Stars just rakes it like it does for poker. Obviously still this is 95% likely what happened, they want as many players as possible to get share of the jackpot so the money is not significant enough to withdraw so winners play more and rake more. And to provide to players who are losing something extra so they play more.

This is why it's daily resetting tickets and can be won twice everyday. To maximize everyone's place in 12 hour window.

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Then there is 5% chance that PokerStars themselves simply don't understand the rules of the Deal. I tried to contact their support multiple times after September 13th when it re-appeared and holymoly I gotta tell you. The support staff kept making comments like, "players who played it last 48 hours", "more quantity of players the more money too".

They did sent some of my stuff to ideas and complaints departments and promised to email me within next day. No email the next day so I contacted them and livechat support told me they have refused to email me back "because I were ridiculous" so it's hard to say whether they were dismissing me because of guilt, or whether are on the similar understanding as the support staff I talked to.

 

[Dmitriy_rus7]

I congratulate you, gentlemen. we waited. 30 bucks is not 400,000 but at least something. I'm tired of twisting every 12 hours. I'm happy for the one who hit the half a million jackpot today