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I played through alot of Super Millions this weekend. The number of books across the state was 106 active/received as of the beginning of last week. There should be about 95 maximum across the state now. I've scouted what AK Kwik, and the Sunoco on Dean Rd in Orlando have in stock. I don't know what books remain at the Jax District office, and the Niki Food Store in Oviedo. I tried stopping by Niki Food Store, but it was closed by the time I got there. If anyone lives in Oviedo or stops by there and could provide info, it could be helpful info for anyone still playing this game.
Realistically, I'd assume less than 50 books in the relevant jackpot range across the state at this point. This number is based off locations I know are guaranteed to have this game in stock, and the assumption that most of those stores listed as having 1 book as "received" don't actually have it. Additionally, there's also recordkeeping errors such as "Sal's Kwik Stop" in Gville listed as having 1 active book of Super Millions despite it not being on display or existing...apparently. AK Kwik has 5 books for example that remain, but all of them are out of range. The Sunoco on Dean Rd has about 3 more books in the relevant jackpot range. I'd assume Jax, and Niki Food Store have some books within the relevant range, but several that likely aren't. Aside from those places, the West Palm Beach District Office also has 4-5 books, but they're all out of range.
In regards to the warehouse supply, big retailers are telling me they can't get anymore. I noticed AK Kwik received a recent shipment of books likely redistributed from other retailers which weren't selling them, including a few books I recognized by book numbers from another local Gainesville store.
This seems to be about good as it gets with Super Millions these days...
For any lurkers playing $20 Flamingo, AK Kwik in Gainesville has 10 books in the later range of the print 845k-851k. This game is now unorderable, and fewer places have it.
They also have 6 books of the $10 Holiday Millions in the lower range, potentially where the first $2M prize could be lurking.
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Quote: Originally posted by Dracos on Mar 4, 2017
I played through alot of Super Millions this weekend. The number of books across the state was 106 active/received as of the beginning of last week. There should be about 95 maximum across the state now. I've scouted what AK Kwik, and the Sunoco on Dean Rd in Orlando have in stock. I don't know what books remain at the Jax District office, and the Niki Food Store in Oviedo. I tried stopping by Niki Food Store, but it was closed by the time I got there. If anyone lives in Oviedo or stops by there and could provide info, it could be helpful info for anyone still playing this game.
Realistically, I'd assume less than 50 books in the relevant jackpot range across the state at this point. This number is based off locations I know are guaranteed to have this game in stock, and the assumption that most of those stores listed as having 1 book as "received" don't actually have it. Additionally, there's also recordkeeping errors such as "Sal's Kwik Stop" in Gville listed as having 1 active book of Super Millions despite it not being on display or existing...apparently. AK Kwik has 5 books for example that remain, but all of them are out of range. The Sunoco on Dean Rd has about 3 more books in the relevant jackpot range. I'd assume Jax, and Niki Food Store have some books within the relevant range, but several that likely aren't. Aside from those places, the West Palm Beach District Office also has 4-5 books, but they're all out of range.
In regards to the warehouse supply, big retailers are telling me they can't get anymore. I noticed AK Kwik received a recent shipment of books likely redistributed from other retailers which weren't selling them, including a few books I recognized by book numbers from another local Gainesville store.
This seems to be about good as it gets with Super Millions these days...
For any lurkers playing $20 Flamingo, AK Kwik in Gainesville has 10 books in the later range of the print 845k-851k. This game is now unorderable, and fewer places have it.
They also have 6 books of the $10 Holiday Millions in the lower range, potentially where the first $2M prize could be lurking.
Interesting with your printouts. Looking at the close together Flamingo rolls, there seems to be a clear pattern of how the "control" number after the "roll" number is decided. In some places, it following that adding 4 and using the units place generates the control number:
851801 - 4, next is 851802 - 8, next is 851803-2 (drop the 1 from 12). I can't see it but I guess the control number for 851804 would be a 6?
This pattern seems to follow through from 851795-6 onward EXCEPT for Roll 851800. The pattern says the control number should be a 6, but 8 was adding instead of 4. Not sure if this is relevant or not regarding the pools these particular rolls went out of.
Not enough data to see if the 1-5-9 control numbers follow a similar pattern.
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Quote: Originally posted by Dracos on Mar 4, 2017
I played through alot of Super Millions this weekend. The number of books across the state was 106 active/received as of the beginning of last week. There should be about 95 maximum across the state now. I've scouted what AK Kwik, and the Sunoco on Dean Rd in Orlando have in stock. I don't know what books remain at the Jax District office, and the Niki Food Store in Oviedo. I tried stopping by Niki Food Store, but it was closed by the time I got there. If anyone lives in Oviedo or stops by there and could provide info, it could be helpful info for anyone still playing this game.
Realistically, I'd assume less than 50 books in the relevant jackpot range across the state at this point. This number is based off locations I know are guaranteed to have this game in stock, and the assumption that most of those stores listed as having 1 book as "received" don't actually have it. Additionally, there's also recordkeeping errors such as "Sal's Kwik Stop" in Gville listed as having 1 active book of Super Millions despite it not being on display or existing...apparently. AK Kwik has 5 books for example that remain, but all of them are out of range. The Sunoco on Dean Rd has about 3 more books in the relevant jackpot range. I'd assume Jax, and Niki Food Store have some books within the relevant range, but several that likely aren't. Aside from those places, the West Palm Beach District Office also has 4-5 books, but they're all out of range.
In regards to the warehouse supply, big retailers are telling me they can't get anymore. I noticed AK Kwik received a recent shipment of books likely redistributed from other retailers which weren't selling them, including a few books I recognized by book numbers from another local Gainesville store.
This seems to be about good as it gets with Super Millions these days...
For any lurkers playing $20 Flamingo, AK Kwik in Gainesville has 10 books in the later range of the print 845k-851k. This game is now unorderable, and fewer places have it.
They also have 6 books of the $10 Holiday Millions in the lower range, potentially where the first $2M prize could be lurking.
I wonder what exactly "settled" means.....
And in regards to AK Kwik redistributing tickets to other retailers, I was told directly from my Florida Lotto District Manager that wasn't possible. I emailed him asking why $2MJ tickets were being pulled early (a month before the game's end date) and asked if they had been redistributed to another store, so that I might buy them. He told me that partial books are credited back to the retailer and the tickets are destroyed. Whole books are sent to the warehouse, but cannot be sold by anyone EXCEPT the original retailer. So no idea where those phantom tickets went.
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Quote: Originally posted by Numb3rs1 on Mar 4, 2017
I wonder what exactly "settled" means.....
And in regards to AK Kwik redistributing tickets to other retailers, I was told directly from my Florida Lotto District Manager that wasn't possible. I emailed him asking why $2MJ tickets were being pulled early (a month before the game's end date) and asked if they had been redistributed to another store, so that I might buy them. He told me that partial books are credited back to the retailer and the tickets are destroyed. Whole books are sent to the warehouse, but cannot be sold by anyone EXCEPT the original retailer. So no idea where those phantom tickets went.
Correct, partial books are destroyed and can't be sent to another location.
These were unopened, whole books that were sent from another location. These books were sent from one store in Gainesville to another store, which is possible. I have been noting book numbers, so I recognized these books (the two 7k SM books and the 274k). The reason I recognized them is they are incredibly low. The 7k book numbers are from the very beginning of the SM print, and the 274k is also a much earlier book. The last prize should be somewhere in the 682k to 737k (give and take a few K to account for their print skipping). I would love to scratch those two 7k books, but with Super Millions having $245/$600 minimum payouts, I'm not interested enough to justify losing up to $800 just for the "fun" of seeing if either are hot books. The fact still remains 1/300 for a $200 prize, and 1 in 750 odds at a $500 prize...buying two books from this particular game at random and without purpose would be pissing money away, although there are some $20k and lower prizes unclaimed. Ironically, none of these are popping...including impossible to win ones like the "Super Win All" 2X $10k, 10X $1000, etc.
Settled means sold out. I've heard a retailer once say they need to settle a sold book so that prizes can still be claimed on it.
@ Zzzplay - Interesting observations. I haven't paid attention to control numbers too much. I've seen the control numbers from winning jackpot tickets, and I haven't seen any type of correlation between them and where a top prize is sent. I do think it has something to do with the pooling like you eluded to. I was considering buying and playing through a couple of those, but then common sense reminded me how poor the payouts are on the $20 Flamingo game. With Super Millions, at least the supply is now under 100 to where a full buyout is imminent. There's still thousands of $20 Flamingo books. Has anyone requested a state inventory list to see the exact number?
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Quote: Originally posted by Dracos on Mar 4, 2017
Correct, partial books are destroyed and can't be sent to another location.
These were unopened, whole books that were sent from another location. These books were sent from one store in Gainesville to another store, which is possible. I have been noting book numbers, so I recognized these books (the two 7k SM books and the 274k). The reason I recognized them is they are incredibly low. The 7k book numbers are from the very beginning of the SM print, and the 274k is also a much earlier book. The last prize should be somewhere in the 682k to 737k (give and take a few K to account for their print skipping). I would love to scratch those two 7k books, but with Super Millions having $245/$600 minimum payouts, I'm not interested enough to justify losing up to $800 just for the "fun" of seeing if either are hot books. The fact still remains 1/300 for a $200 prize, and 1 in 750 odds at a $500 prize...buying two books from this particular game at random and without purpose would be pissing money away, although there are some $20k and lower prizes unclaimed. Ironically, none of these are popping...including impossible to win ones like the "Super Win All" 2X $10k, 10X $1000, etc.
Settled means sold out. I've heard a retailer once say they need to settle a sold book so that prizes can still be claimed on it.
@ Zzzplay - Interesting observations. I haven't paid attention to control numbers too much. I've seen the control numbers from winning jackpot tickets, and I haven't seen any type of correlation between them and where a top prize is sent. I do think it has something to do with the pooling like you eluded to. I was considering buying and playing through a couple of those, but then common sense reminded me how poor the payouts are on the $20 Flamingo game. With Super Millions, at least the supply is now under 100 to where a full buyout is imminent. There's still thousands of $20 Flamingo books. Has anyone requested a state inventory list to see the exact number?
Some SM Updates for anyone still hunting/playing this game:
I called the Sunoco on Dean Rd, and they have the following books remaining: 639, 649, 681, 681, 716, 717, 722 (activated on their display, and on #23). The owner told me he's going to try to get more books. This is basically the "AK Kwik" of Central FL, and if there are any other books out there, he and AK Kwik are likely to get them sent to their stores. I estimated 96 books maximum remaining across the state including active/received, when factoring in the number of books in the relevant range we can easily knock off the 639, 649, and there's several other stores that won't have books in the final range. I wouldn't exclude the books in the 681 range due to book number skipping, so those could be worth grabbing as well, although they wouldn't be my first choice. How ironic would it be for one of those monster wins like a $20k prize to pop up there?
I haven't made it to down to Niki Food Store in Oviedo, I tried calling them but to no avail. They're listed as having 3 active books, and 9 as "received". I know they normally have 1 out on display, so those other two could be books put aside, or possibly were from Adam's recent splurge and haven't been settled yet for whatever reason. I'm very curious as to the book numbers they have there. If anyone lives in Oviedo or in that general area and is able to swing by and get the book numbers, this could be useful info. Additionally, I'm trying to get the book numbers at the Jax District office. That one is trickier for me to visit as I would need to take off work just to make that trip. I assume that both the Niki Food Store and Jax office both have a mix of books in range and out of range, so 10-15 books within range from those two locations would make the number of confirmed books within range at just shy of 20. Combine that with other stores across the state showing as having 1 book active, we're looking at less than 30 books confirmed out of the 96 that I estimated earlier. With such a very small number of books remaining, the likelihood of that finally prize isn't looking good, but 30 books is nothing in the scheme of things and will likely be gone by the end of March.
Aside from those big hoarders of SM (Niki Food Store in Oviedo, the Sunoco on Dean Rd in Orlando, and Jacksonville district office), these are other places that seem to be on the list and are likely:
Washington Food Store
1228 / SUPER MILLIONS
1
0
2134 Washington Street, Hollywood (954) 922-9941
Pit Stop Market and Gas
1228 / SUPER MILLIONS
1
5101 Turnpike Feeder Road, Fort Pierce (772) 465-8270
Mike's Food & Fuel Inc
1228 / SUPER MILLIONS
1
0
4702 W Gandy Boulevard, Tampa (813) 374-8989
Corner Drive Thru
1228 / SUPER MILLIONS
1
0
5701 N Armenia Avenue, Tampa (813) 870-2393
Chevron Food Mart
1228 / SUPER MILLIONS
1
0
1750 34th Street South, Saint Petersburg (727) 327-9606
Corey Exxon
1228 / SUPER MILLIONS
1
0
350 75th Avenue, St Petersburg Beach (727) 360-2518
Ken's Corner Store
1228 / SUPER MILLIONS
1
890 W King Street, Saint Augustine (904) 829-2732
The big SM hoarders...
Niki Food Store
1228 / SUPER MILLIONS
3
9
950 N Central Avenue #2, Oviedo (407) 366-6084
Sunoco Express
1228 / SUPER MILLIONS
2
7
324 S Dean Road, Orlando (407) 371-0717
Jacksonville District
1228 / SUPER MILLIONS
1
11
8206 Philips Highway Unit 36, Jacksonville (904) 448-4760
Yep, that's it. I excluded places from the list that I personally scouted, and know were not in range such as a store in Edgewater, West Palm Beach District Office, Sai's Kwik Stop in Gville (glitched and showing as 1 but not active), and a other locations. Aside from these places, there's the same stores listed as showing "1" book as the previous lists. It won't be long before Super Millions is extinct at this rate...
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That Ken's corner store in ST. Augustine is the one that just had a double murder in the parking lot
don't quote me on that but I'm pretty sure so be careful out and about everyone
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Quote: Originally posted by Falster on Mar 5, 2017
That Ken's corner store in ST. Augustine is the one that just had a double murder in the parking lot
don't quote me on that but I'm pretty sure so be careful out and about everyone
Thanks for that warning, Falster.
I requested up to date ILRs and book lists. Here's the numbers for all that are curious:
% Sold thru -
Super Millions - 99.9%
Florida Cash - 99%
$5M Flamingo - 97%
Number of books remaining across the state:
Super Millions
Active: 15
Received: 94 (Most of the stores listed as having "1" have been on the list forever, and many of these locations were confirmed as not having it in stock. The actual number here is probably closer to 40-50.)
Florida Cash:
Active: 247
Received: 462
$5M Flamingo Multiplier
Active: 8656
In Transit: 20
Received: 6993
For book buyers, you should look at your chances as being roughly 1 in 16,000 at hitting the $1M or $5M prize. There's also a healthy number of $20k prizes and lower still remaining.
It looks like the Florida Cash is approaching extinction. Super Millions is also almost extinct at this point, and will likely be sold out by the end of this month. I'm planning on personally clearing through 15 books or so within the next week or two to help end this game once and for all.
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Thanks for the updates on the remaining tickets/books. I might have to make a trip to Orlando on Friday so I will make sure to buy a few books. I have a feeling there is at least a $10K winner lurking in one of them.
@Dracos - Are there any Super Millions left at the WPB D.O ?
2018 Biggest Win: $500 (multiple times but who cares about $500 right?)
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Quote: Originally posted by James1 on Mar 6, 2017
Thanks for the updates on the remaining tickets/books. I might have to make a trip to Orlando on Friday so I will make sure to buy a few books. I have a feeling there is at least a $10K winner lurking in one of them.
@Dracos - Are there any Super Millions left at the WPB D.O ?
There are 3-4 books left at the West Palm Beach District Office. None of them are in the relevant "jackpot range" based on the book numbers confirmed by myself, and another member who stopped by there relatively recently. The entire Southeast and Southwest FL areas are basically all out of Super Millions, aside from maybe a couple of retailers here and there.
As far as Orlando Super Millions books, I'm planning on making a trip this Thursday to clear out the supply from those two big locations there. When I stop by, I'll confirm the books I grabbed and post letting you know what's remaining if you're still planning on stopping by those stores on Friday. The owner of the Sunoco on Dean Rd told me he's going to try to get more books, and he's been successful numerous times in getting additional books despite how scarce SM is. We'll have to wait and see.
@ Morgo - Winn Dixie, and Circle K/Kangaroo Gas stations usually carry that game.
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Don't think a lot of people in here play $2 tickets, but for those that do, the last prize on the $2 Fast $100 was claimed. That game is toast, unless you're playing for a $100 win on it. True to the name, I did have a $100 win on it once, and a $200 win on it.
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Quote: Originally posted by oldghost on Mar 7, 2017
Don't think a lot of people in here play $2 tickets, but for those that do, the last prize on the $2 Fast $100 was claimed. That game is toast, unless you're playing for a $100 win on it. True to the name, I did have a $100 win on it once, and a $200 win on it.
Imo, that was the best $2 ticket. I think I hit $100 on it maybe 4 or 5 times. The only $2 ticket where I could say I was honestly ahead. Like you once mentioned, there's also a decent number of $5 winners on that game so if you bought 5 there would always be a good chance of getting half back.
Oddly enough, the $2 Double Deuces still has 3/8 top prizes remaining. I'd say the Money Bag Multiplier is probably the best $2 game, followed by the $2 Gold Rush Doubler, and then maybe the $2 Double Deuces might be worth playing as I feel 1-2 top prizes are ready to pop on that game. (possibly sitting in low traffic locations)
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Another winner in Jax,unbelievable,a woman hit $500,000 on the old gold rush $5 ticket
Jax has been hot lately for big winners,I might hit up the district office on some of the super millions
maybe get lucky who knows,gl all
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Quote: Originally posted by Falster on Mar 7, 2017
Another winner in Jax,unbelievable,a woman hit $500,000 on the old gold rush $5 ticket
Jax has been hot lately for big winners,I might hit up the district office on some of the super millions
maybe get lucky who knows,gl all
I'm happy to see alot of winners in Jax. I don't want anyone to say all the winners are in Miami because North FL has been #winning the most recently.
Also, in regards to SM, I would recommend buying them from the Jax District Office before Thursday. I'm buying up all books in the relevant jackpot range on that date, so just a friendly heads up. ;-)