Imagine that you leave your house in the morning for work and find a 1,000 ruble bill in the elevator! What luck! You quickly hide it in your pocket. In high spirits, you leave the building. And already in the yard, you find a wallet with no identification marks. There is no one around. And in the wallet - no bank cards, family photos, business cards - only cash. In total, about 5,000 rubles.
"What a day! Thank you!" you say to yourself, and at that very moment you receive a notification from your bank. Supposedly, you are the winner of their annual drawing among regular customers, blah-blah-blah! "Oh, come on! A scam! Damn scammers!" And at that very second you receive an SMS message about 50,000 rubles being credited to your account! And there is no trickery here — the balance on the account has increased by exactly this amount!
Cool! You are simply dizzy with such luck! On the way to work, you stop at a gas station. And there is a super promotion, thanks to which you fill up a full tank for half price! What is this? Fortune has finally turned to face you?!
At work, the day goes by surprisingly easily! By the evening, you do not feel any fatigue at all! Only cheerfulness and a sea of energy! But ... at the end of the day, your boss catches you with a gloomy face. "So the luck has run out," you think. And he closes the door of his office, and says: "The department has worked great over the past year! The boss decided to write out a bonus to key employees. I am absolutely sure that it is thanks to you that we have such results. So this month, you will receive a bonus. It is 100,000 rubles. Congratulations! Keep it up!"
AND SO EVERY DAY! Every!
It doesn't seem true, right? That would be too much, even for a game.
However, that's exactly what Taxi-Money has been like for all new players since January 2023.
—What happened?
An internal error was found and fixed today. Because of this error, all players who had not received 3 lucky orders by January 25, 2023, began receiving them with a 99% probability. Non-stop! That is, almost every order from a huge number of players gave them some kind of bonus!
Just like in our fictional story about daily Fortune.
—What did you do? Turned off luck?!?!?!
Not at all. It's just that now luck works for all players exactly as it should.
— You cut my game! Tighten the screws!! And now you'll take something away!!!
Let's assume that previously every order was lucky for you (well, almost every one — on average 99 out of 100). And this definitely led to an increase in your financial results.
If you were such a lucky one, congratulations! You had a huge advantage over other players!
The good news is that we will not adjust previously submitted orders in any way. And the prizes and bonuses received because of this.
And also thanks to this fix participation in competitions and tournaments will now be more fair! And all players without exception should appreciate this!
— So all this time — a whole year — they didn’t find it, and today they went and found it?
Not a whole year, but more than a year! And they found it completely by accident. There are hundreds of thousands of lines of code in the game. And modules with a lucky order are not often edited by our programmers.
— But with premium and thanks to upgrading my profile and technique, my luck is 300%! It should be every order! Or even 3 times per order!
The mathematics of lucky orders works differently. Each lucky order has its own probability of falling out. And it can be hundredths or even thousandths of a percent.
Let's say we're looking at a special order with a base probability of 0.001%. And let's say that thanks to premium and upgrades you have +300% luck. For you, the probability of catching such a lucky order will be 0.001% × 300% = 0.3%. As you can see, on average, 3 orders out of 1000 will give you such a bonus over time. And not every order.
Just in case, let's repeat: it has always been like this - it's just that for new players, bonuses have not switched to the usual mode since last January, and were issued constantly.
- So, premium is no longer needed?
Premium significantly increases the probability of catching a lucky order and opens up a great many other opportunities in the game! Including a bonus for energy. Doubled receipt of daily, weekly and other gifts. As well as a reduced commission for withdrawal. There is absolutely no point in giving up all the benefits of a premium subscription because of this bug.
— It's a scam all around! The game will close soon! A-za-za-za-za!
No, it's a programmer's mistake. Don't "blow it up." We were predicted to close from the first day of the game back in 2014. But in May, we will all meet together and celebrate Taxi-Money's 10th anniversary in style! We have a development strategy for the next couple of years. And then the 15th anniversary is just around the corner!
By the way, the best proof of the effectiveness of the game's closed economy is the fact that we have been giving generous bonuses to tens of thousands of players for over a year. You are to be envied!
If a ridiculous mistake with luck upset you, we completely understand your feelings. And we apologize for the inconvenience!
And we also believe in your abilities and will to achieve your financial goals in the #1 economic game! Everything will definitely work out!
Have a good luck with your earnings!
