Saturday 17 September 2011

Rules of Play

Everyone who plays the lottery wants to win the grand prize for that lottery. Would anyone sit down to play a slot machine if they knew that the jackpot was not winnable? This blog is intended to identify to Scratch and Win players which games are the best to play at any particular moment.

How is this determined? Three simple rules:

1. Calculate the percentage of grand prizes left to be claimed in any one game.
2. Subtract the percentage of tickets left to be purchased.*
3. Subtract the take-out for the game. **
4. Only games with a positive result are playable, the game with the highest rating is the recommended choice.


* Estimated by calculating the % of all other prizes left to be claimed as detailed on the OLG site.
** Information is available on the OLG game detail sheets.
   

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