Monday 30 April 2012

More Lucky Lines and Lucky Lines

As much as I hate to admit it, More Lucky Lines #1620 remains a top play. It has been eclipsed though by the $1 Lucky Lines #1666. This game has 3 grand prizes remaining and only 1/3 of the ticket float left. I have been very discouraged with my own play on More Lucky Lines. I have purchased 25 tickets and had exactly 1 - $3 cash. It's odds defying. Tomorrow I'm going to call the OLG to see if any complaints have been filed against the retailer.

If you're looking for the best value play for prizes of $1000 or more, try Super Bingo 3004 and the $5 Scrabble game.

OLG begrudgingly canceled the $10 Bejeweled Game. It was a disaster for them with all six grand prizes being claimed with 1/2 the ticket float remaining outstanding. It has been replaced with a new $10 Gold Tripler game.

Top sellers this week were Battleship, Crossword, and 20X Lucky with each game selling over 6% of its float.

In answer to a visitor who asked what makes a game playable, it is a value judgement on my part. I take the percentage of grand prizes left to be claimed, subtract from it the percentage of total prizes left ( as indicated on the OLG Site) and then subtract the percentage take that the OLG has for the game. For example, if 80% of the Grand Prizes remain to be claimed and the house take on the game is 40%, then the game would become "playable" once 40% of the tickets have been sold. At this point the player has overcome the house take and the "wager" involved in buying the ticket becomes a positive play for the player. Your odds of winning remain slim, but you can be satisfied knowing that you made a reasonable play as opposed to buying tickets on games for which potentially all the grand prizes have already been claimed.

Hope that helps.


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