And this is why I took the time to write and format an explanation on the matter.
And for the record:
1 - There’s an open discussion thread where the playerbase worked on figuring out the system.
2 - There was no beta test for 4.9. So, no, the beta test team didn’t have advance knowledge of how the Daily Deal system worked. If you read the discussion thread, there are a number of us trying to work out the system with other players once it went live.
3 - Ask any beta tester that posts here and they will ALL tell you that the beta update notes given to testers are FAR less complete than what is published in the official update notes. So, no, there is no super secret “insider” information that beta testers have that the general public doesn’t know if they read either the official update notes or after no more than an hour of gameplay in a new update once released.
And with that, I wish you a good day/evening and hope you make the most of the explanation I put together for you.