what is the deal with games suddenly disappearing from stores with half the prizes left? is there anybody who actually releases a statement that "the game wasn't selling well"??? this mode of operation was very blatant with the zombies game. they mock it up as a holiday/seasonal game then (shortly after the holiday the game is referencing to passes) no retailers seem to have the game anymore with more than half the top prizes remaining. same with any seasonal game really.
ca lotto claims to "have no way of knowing" what games retailers have, as well as what's in stock at a location? so if im looking for a certain game that nobody seems to be carrying anymore with more than half of the top prize remaining im SOL??? so that makes me wonder what the "true odds" are on these games.
i actually stopped playing at the local 7-11 by me as its become a total hawk-zone. there is at least two different "team" players at this spot rifling through packs until they pull whatever good was in the pack out (nothing left for the casual player). last time i played there (3 months ago) i was playing $2 taxes paid hitting a winning pocket towards the end of the pack when of course some hawk-minded fool cuts in and buys the rest of the pack. everyday i go in to play fantasy5 and the trashcan next to the ticket checking machine is filled to the top with code-scratched-only tickets. there's this duo who sits out in the parking lot between 11pm-1am with their kids in the car while they scratch 5xcrossword on the back of they're van!!!??? i forgot cash one time and tried paying with debit and was turned down...that's ok if they want to do cash only transactions for lotto...but... then the next day i asked why lotto is "cash only" to the day shift dude i see when i play fantsy5 and he said that they do allow debit for "big time players that buy whole packs or close to a full pack" wtf is that?
last observation: in santa clarita i noticed they get new games when they come out. down where im at in l.a. the new games show up 3-4 weeks later on a consistent basis. so i get to look at the new games on the ca lotto site for a good while before i ever see an actual ticket unless i go up to scv first. the 7-11 i was talking about above also has never displayed the 50x cash game... yet i see tons of losers scratched in the fashion described above in the trash. I asked if they had them and was given a weird answer basically telling me they are already spoken for, so we dont put them out??? same with emerald 10's currently.
sad scene at this particular 7-11.