instant winner

there don't seem to be any products that still have the instant winner under the cap prize give aways any more .sure they say they have instant winner contest and they is stuff printed under the cap but its not "we're sorry you're not an instant winner please try again" or "you've won" instead its always something to the effect of "if you would like to see if you are an instant winner please long on to our website and enter this code HUJMA8778JU" how the hell is that considered an instant prize? .that's just more work and if you ask me a pain in the ass .not only must you go to their website to find out if you have won .but before you can even enter the code to see you have to create an account with them .giving them your name and e-mail so they can do god knows what with

it just really irritates me that that this passes for "instant" i know not much of anything anymore is instant but why take away that feeling of turning over the cap and seeing if you have won a prize or if you're just the loser you've always been .why would they think people want to have to open something .log online .find their website .enter all sorts of irrelevant personal information .all to find out they're a loser? .i think it makes you an even bigger loser then if you would just flip over the top and see you've lost .because this way you have to actually put effort into finding out how unlucky you are

my thinking is if i lost (something i didn't even know i was entered in) .tell me don't make me work to find out .it might sound lazy but i just don't like having to work to find out disappointing news .that would be like paying someone to kick me in the nuts .but if the cap is a winner .the i could totally understand having to log on and enter a code to claim your prize .i guess this is just one of the many prices we pay for making this world the ass backwards place it has become