The World of Scratch Tickets Returns to Normal

The OLG has opened its prize office again (with safety protocols) which has no doubt flushed out all the winners who had been unable to cash their prizes. Here is the current list of games along with my recommendations;

Very Good

$3 #3229 Crossword ; $5 #2212 5X The Cash ; $5 #3104 The Big Spin ; $10 #2190 Sonic Multiplier.

Good

$5 #2180 Bingo Doubler, $5 #2136 Cross Tripler; $10 #3147 The Bigger Spin; $20 #2151 Silver Stacks.

Poor

$2 # 2103 Cashilicious; $3 #3030 Bingo ; $10 #2154 Chrome; $20 #2056 200x Multiplier.

Terrible

$3 #2191 Cash Words; $5 #3103 The Big Spin. 

All other games are in the neutral range. 

I haven't been to my local seller since the virus arrived. I have decided that it is safe for me to walk across the street, put my mask on, and spend two minutes picking out some tickets. I hope that Dr Tam approves. 

OLG News

With the velocity that the news cycle works these days, I have no doubt that most people have forgotten that Premier Ford tasked the Finance Minister, Rod Phillips, with looking into the bonuses that were paid to OLG Executives during the pandemic. In my earlier post I pointed out that it was Mr Phillips himself who was the benefactor of similar bonuses when he served as the CEO of the OLG. I've been scouring the media for word on how Rod is handling his assigned task. So far, no news. Hmmm. 

I noted that a group titled "Casino Host Municipalities Group" has been lobbying Premier Ford to loosen the restrictions that casinos would have to comply with if they re-open. This group is comprised of the Mayors of municipalities where casinos are located. It must be nice for the casino companies to be getting Mayors of cities to be doing their bidding. Under phase 3 re-opening the casinos will only be able to admit 50 people at a time. The casino operators, through their spokespeople (The Mayors), say that they should be able to allow many more in and to do so safely. Let's see, you're sitting in a place with recirculated air for prolonged periods of time, enclosed with no windows, sharing chairs, touching slot machines and money. I can't think of any "business" at higher risk of contagion than a casino with the possible exception of a strip club. There is one of them in Toronto that re-opened and when some patrons tested positive some time later, the authorities were unable to contact trace the cases backwards as the patrons had provided false identities. Beautiful!

I'm confident that the Premier will give the casino operators the consideration that they are due - nada! And shame on the mayors who are being cuckolded by these casino poo-bahs. 

Doug