The upside is that if you are in the middle of a big match game then you will keep on playing whilst others are busy with their 20 split entries. Might mean a big match win instead.
If you clear data and sign back in it refreshes the game and you can do the entries for the day. But that is a lot of hassle. Yes it has happened to me several times too. I just don't swipe any more at 7.59pm eastern for a minute or two. But really it should be something that can be fixed.
Seems like exactly what you are describing. If you read forward in the the above thread I also pointed out some other weirdness I noticed when it happened to me. I just avoid swiping for a couple minutes around game reset time