Here’s a player comment we received that in some ways we understand and in other ways, we totally don’t. At all.
The man was mad that we’ve removed our holiday-themed games from store shelves for the year. He said he thought we were being unfair by pulling them.
On one hand, we understand that some people may really like a particular game and want the chance to keep playing it. On the other hand, it wouldn’t make sense for us to have a holiday-themed game still on sale in July. Nothing says summer in Iowa like a … ticket with snowmen and holly on it!
We remove our holiday-themed games from sale each year shortly after the holiday season ends. Once the holidays are over, people are ready to move on!
But we also design our holiday games for the relatively short period of time that they will be on sale. They generally begin sales in early October and then end in early to mid-January after the holidays. By comparison, some of our non-holiday scratch games can be for sale for years at a time.
We order smaller quantities of tickets in our holiday games, designed to best fit their shelf life. And we’ll sometimes bring back a holiday game the following year if it was particularly popular the year before.
So while that particular player wasn’t happy with us, others say they look forward to the switch-over of our games. There probably are as many opinions on the matter as there are people who play.
Just know that we’ll keep doing our best to come up with fun and new game ideas! And before you know it, the NEXT holiday season will be on the way and we’ll have holiday-themed games out once again!
The top reason we pull a game is, of course, when the last top prize has been claimed. But there are other instances when we will pull a game. You can read about those in our previous blog: https://www.ialotteryblog.com/2020/04/player-question-why-are-you-ending-that-scratch-game-.html
Posted by: Vore | January 19, 2024 at 09:18 AM
I like the treasure hunt game. Follow the ➡️ ➡️ ↔️ ⏫️ ⏬️ ⏭️
Posted by: Ramona Boydstun | January 14, 2024 at 06:37 AM
I MISSED HVING THE HOLIDAY CROSSWORDS THIS YEAR, I HOPE YOU BRING THEM BACK NEXT YEAR. CROSSWORDS ARE THE ONLY SCRATCH TICKETS I BUY.
Posted by: Beverly Jester | January 13, 2024 at 06:37 AM
Dont agree with the lottery on this one, I've read on the Iowa Lottery website before they keep a particular game until all of the Top Prize is sold.
Posted by: Annonymous | January 12, 2024 at 06:02 PM
I'm glad and ready for new tickets myself. I think the holiday ones last a long time.
Posted by: Deb | January 12, 2024 at 01:03 PM