Deal or no Deal #1694

We have finally graduated from Lucky Lines and More Lucky Lines. Both games had their grand prizes claimed within the past week. The new game is Deal or no Deal. This is a relatively new game and it is selling like hot cakes. 16 % of the float was sold last week alone. Have not seen a game this popular since Mah Jong came on the market. 32% of the tickets have been sold for the game and all 3 grand prizes remain to be claimed.

Next in line to play are: $4 Cash for Life #1155 and $2 Banco #1591. The recommended play if you are looking for $1000 cash and up (as opposed to the grand prize only) is #1409 Keno. Deal or no Deal is second on this evaluation as well so it certainly is a preferred play.

OLG retired the moribund $2 Golden Ticket game this week. About time. There remains 6 games where all the grand prizes have been claimed. Avoid them like the plague: $2 Golden 7's, $3 Bingo, $3 More Lucky Lines, $3 Scrabble, $5 Scrabble, and the colossally wasteful $10 100 Jumbo. The OLG publishes the fact that these games are sucker plays but it still irks me that they flout these tickets under the guise that their market research indicates that players don't care. Really?

A new game this week is the $5 Cross Tripler. 15 grand prizes of $100k each. Past games of this sort yield a few winners coming right out of the chute. We don't play now, but that has been the pattern.

Personal play last week was reduced to one $2 Banco ticket for which I received my $2 back. Gonna load up on Deal or no Deal this week.

We're Back to #1620 More Lucky Lines

We lost a "playable" game this week when one of the Grand Prizes for Lucky Lines was claimed. That leaves us with #1620 More Lucky Lines as the only "playable" game. There are only 13% of the ticket float left for that game. Next in line are: #1155 $4 Cash for Life and #1591 $2 Banco.

A reminder that my evaluation method is based upon winning the grand prize. If you'd be happy just to win $1000 and you want the best "value" proposition to do so, $3 Keno #1409 is the play for you.

The big seller this past week was the new $3 Deal or No Deal #1694. 15% of the ticket float was sold over the past week - and none of the grand prizes were claimed. With any luck we'll be playing this game soon.

There are five games where all of the grand prizes have been claimed: $2 Golden Ticket, $3 Bingo, $3 Scrabble, $5 Scrabble, and $10 100 Jumbo. Players need to keep on top of this. The OLG is sneaky. Can you imagine how many 649 tickets would be sold if the OLG informed players that the Grand Prize will not be claimed this week? Exactly!

In terms of personal play, I have been taking a beating but it looks like my luck is beginning to change. I bought 5 - $1 Lucky Lines tickets at the loser joint and won with one. It paid $2. I bought another 6 at another establishment winning $12 on a $10 and a $2 winner. In total, $14 return on an $11 investment. That's what I need - keep treading water hoping to get lucky.

Lucky Lines #1666 and More Lucky #1620 Still On Top

The good news is that the two games are in positive territory which means that they are strong plays. The bad news is that I have had absolutely no luck with either game. I have played 25 More Lucky tickets winning $3 twice! This past week I played 14 Lucky Line tickets and came away with two winners and $3 in total returns. In total, 39 tickets, 4 winners, and a $9 return on a an $89 investment. This is so bad that I am beginning to think that there is something going on. I'll be playing these games again this week but I am determined to find a new store. All of the tickets I have played were purchased at the same place.

The definition of "playable" is premised upon winning the jackpot. If that is not your goal and you would like the best value chance to win $1000, play Keno #1409.

Super Bingo was retired this week and it was about time. Only 4% of the tickets have been available for the past month. I find that once the float goes below 20% it becomes hard to find available tickets. At 4% they would be like hen's teeth.

Three new games were introduced this week - $1 Cross Xpress, $3 Deal or No Deal, and $10 Classic Blk2. Classic Blk1 was a bust for the OLG - let's hope that the winning tickets stay unclaimed for a while. I like playing the $10 games - not as many tickets to scratch but bigger payouts.

Good luck.