It's Still Cranium #1656

A further three percent of the Cranium tickets were sold this week but none of the $75,000 grand prizes were won. It therefore remains the game of choice. 

Looking ahead, Keno #1408 looks like it could be next but only 19% of those tickets have been sold.

Cranium Remains the Game of Choice

All three $75k grand prizes for Cranium #1656 remain to be claimed. 51% of the tickets have been sold making it the only currently playable game.

For those who prefer other games - watch out! There are currently six games currently being sold where all the Grand prizes have been already claimed. Avoid the following games:

$1 Line em Up - The largest prize left to claim is $100!
$2 Bonus Banco - The largest prize left to claim is $500!
$3 Bingo 3000 - The largest prize left to claim is $5050!
$3 Keno 1408 - The largest prize left to claim is $5000!
$5 Jacks are Wild - The largest prize left to claim is $27,500!
$5 Multi Mult - The largest prize left to claim is $25,000!

Would you buy a raffle ticket if you knew that the top prize had already been given away?

Why does the Ontario Lottery Corporation continue to allow games to continue when this is the case? Why are other games with outstanding tickets canceled before the top prizes are awarded? More on this in future entries.

New Play - Cranium #1656

The Cash for Life #1154 game only lasted two weeks. A lucky player in Sturgeon Falls of all places won a grand prize. The result is that only one Grand Prize remains for the game and it is no longer playable according to our rules.

The new game (and only playable one at this time) is the $3 Cranium #1656.

This game provides players with 3 Grand Prizes of $75,000 each, a 1 in 3.27 chance of getting a winning ticket and 65% return on investment for the game. The current stats indicate that all 3 grand prizes are left to be claimed and 44% of all tickets have been sold. This produces a game rating of +9. We only play games with positive ratings.

The current "avoid" list includes Line Em Up 1639, Bonus Banco 1619, Keno 1406, Money Mult 1673, all of which have had all of the grand prizes already claimed. Would you buy a raffle ticket if you knew that the grand prize(s) had already been awarded?

New Play - Cash for Life #1154

The 20X Lucky game is no longer the recommended play. Two of the $100k prizes were claimed last week: one in Cornwall and 1 in Fort Erie. They were claimed on the same day! What were the chances?

The new game of choice is the $4 Cash for Life 1154. Be careful as there are two Cash for Life games currently being sold. At present, two of the three Grand Prizes remain outstanding and 74% of all the tickets have been sold.

This is a large game with over 7 million tickets in circulation. By Comparison, the 20X Lucky Game issue was slightly over 2 million. Another quirky aspect to this game is that the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th prizes ($50k, $10k, $5k) only have one ticket issued for each prize. You are three times as likely to win the grand prize than you are any one of the secondary top prizes.