As predicted, More Lucky Lines was retired at the end of December. Over 90% of the ticket float was sold and none of the 3 Grand Prizes were claimed. No doubt the OLG has its rationalization in hand and it is logical but the whole thing does not sit well with me. A poster to the last update suggested that all $3 games with ticket floats of 3 million tickets (small games) have a 3 month lifespan. That's curious. I've never heard that before but the post makes sense. I'm going to follow up with the OLG to confirm. At any rate, the game is gone.
I was able to discover some troves of tickets in the wind up of the game - 55 in total. Players scratching that many tickets should expect a return approaching the overall numbers for the game. Given that the Grand Prize winners win a much lower percentage of the pot than Lotto games, one should expect that a higher percentage of winnings are returned to the winners of smaller prizes. This proved to be the case for me. My total return was 65.45% of my investment versus the published return of 64.95%. One in every 3.24 tickets was a winner versus the published number of 3.27. One can't get much closer that that.
My current assessment of active games follows:
It does strike me that there appears to be more big ticket games ($10 and up) than what was the case a five years ago when this blog began. I'm going to run a comparison for discussion in the next update.
Happy Scratching
Doug
I was able to discover some troves of tickets in the wind up of the game - 55 in total. Players scratching that many tickets should expect a return approaching the overall numbers for the game. Given that the Grand Prize winners win a much lower percentage of the pot than Lotto games, one should expect that a higher percentage of winnings are returned to the winners of smaller prizes. This proved to be the case for me. My total return was 65.45% of my investment versus the published return of 64.95%. One in every 3.24 tickets was a winner versus the published number of 3.27. One can't get much closer that that.
My current assessment of active games follows:
| $3 | 2178 | Slots | New |
| $20 | 2168 | Cash Club | New |
| $20 | 2172 | Super Set For Life | New |
| $3 | 3027 | Bingo | Very Good |
| $5 | 2135 | Cross Tripler | Very Good |
| $10 | 3070 | Bingo Multiplier | Very Good |
| $10 | 2054 | Royale | Very Good |
| $1 | 2152 | Fiesta Treas | Good |
| $3 | 2080 | Scrabble | Good |
| $5 | 2138 | Bingo Doubler | Good |
| $5 | 2164 | Holiday Win | Good |
| $5 | 2086 | Ruby 7's | Good |
| $5 | 2126 | Sizzling 5's | Good |
| $10 | 2130 | Bigger Spin Win | Good |
| $10 | 2170 | Cross Deluxe | Good |
| $20 | 2052 | Supreme | Good |
| $3 | 3029 | Bingo | Neutral |
| $3 | 3227 | Cross Word | Neutral |
| $3 | 2142 | Pac Man | Neutral |
| $3 | 2167 | Peppermint | Neutral |
| $3 | 2158 | Strike Spare | Neutral |
| $4 | 1175 | Cash For Life | Neutral |
| $5 | 2098 | Bling | Neutral |
| $10 | 1926 | Instant Gift Pack | Neutral |
| $10 | 2162 | Super Money | Neutral |
| $20 | 2156 | Celebrate 2020 | Neutral |
| $20 | 2169 | Festive Fest | Neutral |
| $30 | 2055 | Triple Million | Neutral |
| $50 | 2159 | Classic Extra | Neutral |
| $2 | 2149 | Movie Money | Poor |
| $2 | 2161 | Ontario Love | Poor |
| $5 | 3101 | The Big Spin | Poor |
| $5 | 2166 | Wild Cards | Poor |
| $10 | 2129 | 25x Multiplier | Very Poor |
| $1 | 2160 | Jewel Jackpot | Terrible |
| $2 | 2163 | Stock Stuff | Terrible |
| $3 | 3225 | QFG Crossword | Terrible |
It does strike me that there appears to be more big ticket games ($10 and up) than what was the case a five years ago when this blog began. I'm going to run a comparison for discussion in the next update.
Happy Scratching
Doug
Well happy scratchin' New year, Doug! I just came across your blog again this week, nice to see you back after two years. And I managed to find one retailer a few days ago who had a batch of 2144 Lucky Lines, sold me a couple dozen that I have yet to scratch, so we'll see. Maybe there's a claim or two out there still waiting to be cashed, who knows.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I appreciate the return of your thoughtful approach to these games, not many other places on the web that offer the same level of transparency and value to readers.
In 2016, out of all scratch tickets for Ontario that year, 6% were $10+. In 2019, that figure had more than tripled to 21%. Of the 37 games currently listed on the OLG unclaimed prizes page, 14 are $10+, or 38%. Clearly the OLG is pushing higher priced tickets, more than ever before.
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