perhaps being triggered by the first one being somehow before 00:00:00

also linked to this some people avoid logging in during the first couple of minutes because sometimes it makes the 9 bonus points from premium trigger but they dont count towards any countries that the set starts on that day

4 Gerdler Beats Me 18 140 acres $6,517 M 47 0
3 Sterlitamak 126 140 acres $6,517 M 47 0
2 SoL Ends in 2022 17 140 acres $6,517 M 47 0
1 Grumpy Old Man 7 140 acres $7,073 M 51 0 PDM

these 4 countries probably had it happen

Well I missed out on that!

19 Redemption 3 140 acres $6,467 M 46 0
5 Grumpy Old Man 7 140 acres $8,370 M 60 0 PDM
4 way to go 8 140 acres $8,416 M 60 0
18 The Fabric of the Cosmos 11 140 acres $6,517 M 47 0
13 SoL Ends in 2022 17 140 acres $6,517 M 47 0 SOL2022
12 Gerdler Beats Me 18 140 acres $6,517 M 47 0
15 Sterlitamak 126 140 acres $6,517 M 47 0
2 Marcia Ethelred 227 140 acres $9,645 H 69 0
16 1 out of 3 aint bad 238 140 acres $6,517 M 47 0
10 Erik Hezaq 301 140 acres $6,959 I 50 0
14 Boy This Party Really Died 309 140 acres $6,517 M 47 0
3 Prime Merlinean 323 140 acres $8,997 M 64 0
17 Omicron halts inflation 331 140 acres $6,517 M 47 0

looks like 13 countries total at least
thats 12 out of 118 non bots which is over 10%
some might be wrong but its likely most of them got double bonuses and there could have been more
that was from a few hours into the set

22 hours into the set i checked again and got 187 hits this time at 140 acres
177 of which are bots, so thats a huge amount of countries effected

and given all the bots seem to play immediately they probably all triggered it then it happened when they played again throughout the day in batches

From my experience you get two 20 acre bonuses if you login before your first turn comes, then again after.

I really should be the one to get granted this! I am mad.

Bug exploitation and unfair advantage! They should be deleted as that extra 20a is like receiving 1 extra turn!

I didn't get the extra bonus, the bots did! Lol

They are running scripts too it looks like. Very susp.

You better get on the case G man and shut it down!

I plan to investigate this at some point.

This is fixed as part of Change Set 25.