I really only read this forum from my (android) phone. So im not able to reply until i get on a computer...
-There may be 1 or 2 employees at the 7-11 i was talking about that are paying extra attention to ticket numbers and wins. But for thee most part i do not believe the employees are in on any hawking scheme. I was talking about players at this location. Maybe i got the species wrong. Ha! I should call them vultures i guess?
I would say GetReal720 and OCScratchDevil explained basically what i meant by "hawking". and i totally agree with the view of OCScratchDevil on people attempting to win by hanging out all day around places that sell scratcehrs in order to "keep an eye" on what's being sold, who's winning, etc...
I always go to my car to scratch my ticket/s. If i see a for sure hawk/vulture/whatever i'll just drive off and cash-in later :)
it's not worth it to go in and cash tix when these types are around. they'll just ruin any potential fun i could have had. these types are so aggro that i have to ask a couple times usually just to slip in and scan my fantasy 5 tix, as they huddle around the ticket checking machine. its not just 1 or 2 people its a prevailing mentality with many different players at this 7-11
(the 1 or 2 times i scratched a ticket quickly in-store at this 7-11 is when i fell victim to the hawks)
-as for the roll of 50x not being displayed...
the 7-11 i was talking about has room for 25 games last i counted. Maybe they just had a deal worked out that it would be more worth it to sell the entire roll of 50x cash, then to break one open and lose that customer who wants the whole roll? I dunno i just wanted to see the game, as i was no longer buying tix at this spot because of the hawking. obviously they are not supposed to do this at all. Im not trying to get anybody fired from their job. im not contacting anyone at lotto about this.
-in response to DGinElMonte question: "Where did you read that the CA Lotto claims that they have no way of knowing what games retailers have"
I emailed calotto with a question and suggestion as to why i can't find certain games and suggested that it would be fairly easy to implement a database much like the ability to use the calotto site to find retailers/lucky retailers. calotto told me they have no way of knowing a retailers inventory. That is in contrast to what you're saying and i already knew it was BS anyways. here is the exact response from calotto:
Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately there isn’t a way for us to check a retailer’s inventory.
Best Regards,
Customer Service – CA Lottery (8668)
calotto is clearly being deceptive in the response as far as im concerned.
companies like target and lowes give you ability to check if a certain item is in-stock, how many are in-stock, and at whichever location you specify.
i understand that target and lowes are the retailers and not the product manufacturer/distributor. so if the calotto doesn't want to have a database of this info/function available to they're customers, then is it ok for the retailer to build this themselves? What retailer wouldn't want a online database that could drive customers and sales to there establishment?
but im sure calotto would have something to say about that...