They haven't tried to charge me yet. The only time they were going to charge me is to provide a statewide inventory report of Super Millions (including book numbers within each retailer). They explained to me that getting the book numbers listed with the store locations would take several different staff members and alot of time, so that would be an understandable cost. I didn't go through with it, but I think it is worth the charge. Let's say they charge $20-$50 for such a report, that can save a person alot of gas money and allow them to more strategically target a specific book range.
I'll let you all know as soon as I get a reply about the winning book numbers on Flamingo. With it 92% sold through, there's still a good number of books out there on that game. I wouldn't start playing it heavily or anything like that until the number gets to 99% sold through (assuming 2 $1M prizes are still out there. There's alot of books out there in the 700k range. With a single $100k prize remaining, 2 $1M prizes, and 1 $5M prize it isn't the worst ticket to play considering the supply has dwindled alot. The odds of hitting that last $5M prize should be better than the advertised game odds, at least. Then of course there's a decent number of $20k prizes remaining as well. With that in mind, I think it is a decent buy but I'd still focus on 2MJ and SM over it in the short-term. I didn't realize the print went all the way up to 813k. That ought to be the end of the print, since there was about 760k books printed I believe.
Niki Food Store in Oviedo, the Sunoco gas station in Orlando on Dean Rd, AK Kwik Stop, Kelly's Kwik Stop, and a few other locations seem to be the big hoarders of SM at this point. Kelly's Kwik Stop got 8 more books of SM, I'll get the exact book numbers tomorrow. Personally, I'm not planning on buying another book for at least 2-3 weeks. I'll be in South FL again soon, so I'll check what they have down there.
My main concern is how these books keep popping up. Are they going to pull a HG on us, and suddenly disperse 500+ books across the state to random retailers?=p