Good-Bye Fruit Explosion - Hello 15X The Money

The former top rated game has been deleted from the Outstanding Prize list but not before I was able to absorb some serious loss on the game. Stepping up to take its place is 15X The Money. This game came on line along with sister games at the beginning of May. To date it has sold 79% of its float (+/- 2%) while retaining 2 of its 3 Grand Prizes. The game currently has the highest ratio of Top Prizes left when compared to the money for those top prizes of 1.77. It only returns 58.3% of its revenue to winners of less than $100 which is not very good. The game does return 6.5% of its revenue to winners of $100 or more which  is very good for a $3 game. At present, 7.3 cents of every dollar spent on the game is returned to the two outstanding Grand Prize winners. That is the second best number next to Fast 200's.

Top Rated Games

1. $3 15X The Money #1840 - New leader; can it stay on top?
2. $3 Tetris #1832 - One of two Grand Prizes left and 34% of the float. 
3. $3 Super Bingo #3018 - Best small prize return of any game currently for sale.
4. $5 Cross Tripler #1830 - The only $5 game on the list.
5. $3 Crossword #3209 - decent numbers and plentiful tickets.

Games to Avoid

1. $2 Fast 200's #1817 - Grand Prize or bust.
2. $2 5X The Money #1838 - Only 1 of 5 Grand Prizes remain and 48% of the float to sell. 
3. $5 20X The Money #1841 - Poor numbers on all factors. 
4. $1 10000 Spin #1802 - A dog on all scales. 
5. $2 10X The Money #1839 - Nothing to recommend. 

Games to Play If All You Want Is The Grand Prize

1. Fast 200's
2. Cash Blast
3. 15 X The Money
4. Cash For Life
5. Fortune

Games Devoid Of Grand Prizes

• QFG Crossword

Comings and Goings

Win Take All, Double Cash For Life, and Fruit Explosion were all deleted this past week. Double Cash For Life was a welcomed departure and although Fruit Explosion was the top rated game, only 8% of its float was left to sell and that always represents the end for most games. Win Take All was a surprise as it had 2 of its 7 Grand Prizes left and 22% of its float. I'm not really sure that an error was not made when updating the web site. That's happened before....

Personal Play 

The good news was that I found a trove of Fruit Explosions - bought all 22 of them. Results: 4 winners of $24. Yecch.

In total I cashed on 22 of the 68 tickets I bought and realized a return of 54%, roughly 5% less than I should have expected even eliminating all prizes of $100 or more.

The Wrap

Congratulations to poster Scott Robertson who hit a $200 winner on Fast 200's.

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There is nothing I enjoy more than folks who read this blog, buy from the avoid list, and win! And I mean that. I have been quite diligent in following my own advice over the course of the past three years and I have yet to be rewarded. I think I'll pick up a couple of Fast 200's tickets this week out of respect to Scott.

The family of "Times The Money" games were all introduced at the same time (May 5th). Here are the to date sales figures:

$1 5X The Money - 1.5 million
$2 10X The Money - 1.1 million
$3 15X The Money - 2.5 million
$5 20X The Money - 2.4 million

Pretty clear what games scratch players prefer.

Any Lotto Max winners out there?

Doug