It's a Keno Bonanza

The retirement of Fruit Explosion has resulted in both current Keno games moving to the top of the list. The game of choice is the old version #1417. You have to be quick as the game has been recalled which means that all you will be able to find are loose tickets.

The game offers two remaining Grand Prizes from the five original prizes with an estimated 16% of its float (800,000 tickets). The game is also strong on Top Prizes with a positive Top Prize ratio of over 2 which is why the game is so highly rated. This is a good game and once it's gone, the potential heir apparent is significantly lower rated.




Note: The image above is for game 1418. Game 1417 is red.

Rank	Cost	Game	#	Score
1	$3.00	Keno	1417	583.7
2	$3.00	Keno	1418	452.7
3	$10.00	Platinum	1888	436.6
4	$5.00	Money Mult	1845	430.2
5	$30.00	250M Golden	1782	427.8
6	$5.00	Triple Crown	1882	424.8
7	$3.00	Crossword	1866	419.8
8	$3.00	More Lucky Lines	1836	413.7
9	$4.00	Cash For Life	1171	409.6
10	$5.00	Cross Tripler	1872	408.1
11	$5.00	Ruby 7's	1885	405.1
12	$3.00	Scrabble	1886	402.5
13	$5.00	Bingo Doubler	1873	400.6
14	$3.00	PacMan Slots	1867	398.4
15	$5.00	High Roller	1874	396.1
16	$2.00	Double Dollar	1837	395.5
17	$10.00	Diamond	1781	394.5
18	$5.00	7 11 21	1868	391.5
19	$20.00	Extreme	1780	392.0
20	$2.00	Walking Dead	1877	390.2
21	$2.00	Lucky Dog	1859	389.9
22	$3.00	Bingo	3020	388.5
23	$5.00	Black Pearls	1880	387.0
24	$1.00	Bacon Bits	1860	383.0
25	$3.00	Cash Card	1876	377.4
26	$3.00	QFG Crossword	3213	339.9
27	$5.00	Bingo Doubler	1850	332.4
28	$10.00	Mega Money	1878	326.6
29	$1.00	Hit 100	1849	317.4

Comings and Goings

Spring cleaning has begun at the OLG with two Bingo Games, Lucky Lines, Fruit Explosion, Cross Tripler, and Wild 10's all being retired. All the games were at the point where they should have been retired. Two Grand Prizes totaling $125,000 went into the OLG coffers. 

New to the inventory are $5 Ruby 7's (rated 11th of 29), Scrabble (rated 12th), and Bingo Doubler (13th). Those are ratings that one would expect which means that any one of them has the potential to move up the list. 

Personal Play

Thirteen Keno 1417 tickets returned four winners totaling $18. 

Post Script

Happy to see that the workers at the Rideau Carlton Raceway and the OLG have agreed to binding arbitration to settle their differences. Hats off to the workers who endured a long winter and a couple of upsetting situations before getting this far. 

The town of Callander is asking that it receive a portion of the funding that will go to North Bay from a future casino. Their argument is that the OLG will approve a single casino for the zone and their citizens will be frequenting the casino in North Bay which means that they will experience a portion of the social costs associated with gambling. The OLG has, not surprisingly, suggested that they go jump in Lake Nipissing. 

I have noted the comments over time about a certain Pro-Line player in Innisfil who seems to be cashing big time on Pro Line. The whole thing makes no sense to me as an individual who is betting the way this chap is would be much better served by an off shore account rather than accepting lousy odds on multi-game parlays. Can anyone shed any light on what is going on there?

Another commentator posited that CL66's ratings do not place enough emphasis on Grand Prizes or their lack thereof. In response, CL66 posted detail about how his evaluation system works. The formula I use is the product of the value of all Top Prizes left to be claimed versus the number of Top Prize tickets and the percentage of revenue dedicated to Small Prizes. Because there is much more variance for the first factor, my ratings end up being mostly influenced by Top Prize availability. 

CL66 has explained before why he supports his method. As a reader, you can choose which one best reflects your personal preferences. Vive la difference!

Doug