Gold Tripler Still on Top

During the course of the past week, the Gold Tripler game sold 3.6% of its float with none of the grand prizes being claimed. It remains our top play. It is an expensive game at $10/ticket. For those seeking less   expensive games, the $2 Banco 1591 is also playable. Tickets in that game will be a bit tougher to come by with only 24% of the them remaining to be sold.

The OLG retired another sucker game this week when they cancelled the $5 Texas Hold'em game. That reduces the three the number of games to avoid. They are: $1 Lucky Lines, $3 Battleship, and $5 20X Lucky.

The $5 Instant 649 game is the best game if you are looking to hit the grand prize. The game is structured much more like the actual 649 game with the majority of the return going to those who hit the $100,000 grand prize - there are 30 grand winning prizes. If you want the best chance to win at least $1000, the $3 Keno game is the the choice for you.

As for my personal play, another wipeout last week. Two Gold Tripler tickets bought - two losers. That puts me at 0 for 4 since it became the recommended play. This is the down side of playing expensive tickets. Less action and more risk. The good news is that I will get two more shots this week.

Gold Tripler #1695 Remains the Choice

The $10 Gold Tripler remains the play. Two-Thirds of the tickets have been sold and all 3 grand prizes remain to be claimed. Next in line is the $2 Banco and either Cash for Life game. Supply is waning for all of these secondary choices.

Be picky as you don't want to be buying tickets for games that have already had their grand prizes claimed. $1 Lucky Lines, $3 Battleship, $3 Crossword 1296, and $5 20XLucky are all in this category. The OLG retired the $2 Golden 7's game this week. It had been in that "loser" status for several weeks.

The current "hot" game is $5 Instant 649. Introduced last week, 8.3% of its tickets were sold over the course of the week. In terms of pure odds, the game with the best chance to win its grand prize is the aforementioned $5 Instant 649. This is a result of it having 15 grand prizes. It is a top heavy game. If you'd be happy with $1000 or more, play $3 Keno 1409.

Personal play was a wipe-out this past week. I bought 2 Gold Tripler tickets (my budget is $20/week) and got nothing in return. One in three tickets is a winner so I must have left the winner in the store for the next purchaser. Hoping to correct that with two more plays this week.

Gold Tripler #1695

Greetings readers. Just back from a vacation in Florida. Sorry for the delayed post.

The new playable game is the $10 Gold Tripler #1695. It is not often that one of the expensive games becomes playable. The game has sold 30% of its tickets and all three $500,000 prizes remain to be claimed. You have one chance in 340,000 of cashing a Grand Prize in this game, at present. If $10 is more than you wish to spend, and I can fully understand that, the $2 Banco 1591 and either of the $4 Cash for Life's are good plays.

There have been lots of changes since my last post. Seven games have been retired, five of which had no Grand Prizes remaining. Good work OLG! There are still five games left for sale that remain in this "sucker" category. Avoid $1 Lucky Lines, $2 Golden 7's, $3 Battleship, $3 Crossword 1296, and $5 20XLucky.

The big seller continues to be Deal or No Deal. This game is selling as briskly as the former Mah Jong game. I'm sure that the human behaviour specialists at OLG as busy trying to figure out why.

As for personal play, I have been away and therefore have nothing to report. I did play a scratch and win game in Florida. I'm going to visit their web site and compare it to our own in terms of disclosure and the fairness of the games. In the land of the "Stand and Deliver" law, who knows what they have up their sleeve. I will report on what I find next week.