My episode race has disappeared, how are we supposed to win Gold now?

What level are you at? Do you have Candy Royale? It's likely that if you don't have Episode Race because you're at the end of the map, Candy Royale also won't work but I gotta ask.

They seem to have recently and secretly as usual introduced ads for gold bars where you get 2 gold bars for watching an ad. I haven't seen this yet because my game is not up-to-date, as I don't want new game sounds.

I also missing my episode race

I need it back

I didn't mean literally the very last level. 13k+ is practically the end of the map.

Well, it seems you're not the only one experiencing this. However, there isn't much we, as players, can do about it. You could complain to King Support but I don't think they'll do anything about it, especially during the festive period. It's been a long time people have been complaining about Episode Race when they are near the end of the map. Some don't get it even at lower levels. In my opinion, this "event" is a critical one and must be available to everyone.

As expected, now it asks to "Complete level 13148 to start your race!"