The Idolmaster Million Live! 10th Anniversary Fiasco: Lottery Event Cancelled After Backlash

The Idolmaster Million Live! sparked a massive controversy during its 10th-anniversary celebration. The developers introduced a 13-day lottery event featuring 52 idols, where players had to guess the four featured characters of the day to split a 300,000 gem prize (a 10-pull costs 2,500 gems). With astronomical odds of roughly 1 in 270,000, players quickly questioned the fairness of the purely RNG-based mechanic.

While a few 'lucky winners' managed to walk away with huge prizes on the first two days, the event was abruptly cancelled. Rumors suggested that data miners—specifically from the Korean community—leaked the upcoming results, forcing the devs to retreat. They subsequently clawed back the awarded prizes and offered a global compensation package including a 10-pull ticket and a guaranteed SSR voucher.

Community sentiment was overwhelmingly negative, with many comparing the situation to the infamous 'lottery' scandals in Granblue Fantasy (GBF). Players criticized the developers for failing to learn from past industry mistakes, noting that this type of 'all-or-nothing' gamble deeply offended the player base and showed a lack of understanding regarding the importance of fairness and equality in rewards.