In playing games with others, I have realised that the meter is the best money maker for WGT. How many balls to you lose (at 500-700 for 3) - if a few hundred of us around the world lose 1 ball per game, how much money do they make?
It won't be fixed - coz then it takes too long for them to make money out of us...
Learn to play with standard balls, don't get high scores, but it won't cost you more money than it needs to...
I am over the Consistent Inconsistency of WGT - as an ERP Developer and Systems administrator, I have better response from my systems than you get from the developers...
Good luck - we struggle with them all around the world.