Jacks are Wild #1701 Takes Over Top Spot

Apologies for the delay in updating the blog. A vacation trying to win money in Saratoga betting horses proved fruitless for the umpteenth time in a row.

It's been 22 days since the last update and we have a new game to play - Jacks are Wild. Cash for Life #1155 had one of its two remaining top prizes claimed moving it into unplayable status. Jacks are Wild has 5 of its 6 $100,000 prizes left and has sold 54% of its tickets. You have a 1 in 300,000 chance to win $100,000 with a $5 investment. Here's hoping that the game remains playable as there is no other game close to being a good choice at the moment.

Keno #1409 remains the game with the best value chance to win $1000 or more. The biggest selling game is the Crossword #1298. There are, at present, 3 Crossword games in play. The other two are on their last legs and should be canceled soon by OLG. The new game has a massive float of over 20 million tickets. The OLG is currently selling over 500,000 Scratch and Win Tickets daily of which almost 140,000 are for this version of Crossword. All 16 Grand Prizes of  $50,000 remain after selling 16% of the tickets. Maybe this will become a future play for blog readers.

Five new games have been introduced over the past three weeks. One of them is brand new and OLG has yet to post game details. For the other four, I like to calculate what percentage of winning tickets net more than the cost of the ticket. Somehow OLG has convinced us that getting ones money back is a form of winning. This principle is at its worst in penny slots where players play 80 cents per pull, win 20, and the machine rings like the person was a winner. How crazy is that?

Here is the breakdown of the new games:

$3 Luck Dragon Doubler - 42% of winning tickets are for $3.
$4 Cash For Life - 35% of winning tickets are for $4.
$5 Cash Lines - 51% of winning tickets are for $5.
$10 Extravaganza - 39% of winning tickets are for $10.

Cash for Life #1155 is the best play

Cash for Life #1155 (not #1157) sold over 370k tickets over the past ten days without having anyone hit one of the two remaining grand prizes. That's good for us. It is by far the best game to play at present and it is a popular game, so have a go at it. I'm hoping that the trend continues as the next best game is the $10 Gold Tripler and I've had a terrible experience with that game to date. It was the recommended play a few weeks ago.

The best play, if you're looking for the best value play in order to win at least $1000 remains the 1407 Keno game. The prize distribution in this game includes many more $1000 prizes than normal for a $3 Game. The trade-off is that there are fewer small prizes.

The OLG introduced two new games this week: $2 Golden Goose and a third $3 Crossword game. It's unususal to have 3 games of the same brand going on at the same time. Crossword #1296 is almost kaput with few tickets left in circulation and all grand prizes already claimed. Crossword #1297 has 24% of its 6 milllion ticket float still in circulation. Six grand prizes remain to be claimed for that game. The new game, Crossword #1298, has a massive ticket float of 20 million tickets! This game is going to be around for a long time.

In addition to Crossword #1296, Battleship, Horseshoes, and Instant Million #1661 are all games to avoid as all grand prizes have been claimed. Last week the OLG canned Banco with two grand prizes outstanding yet they continue to sell the Instant Millions game when all of its prizes are gone and there is a new version of the game for sale. The trusting public bought over 60,000 tickets for that game over the past 10 days. Remember folks, buying these tickets is gambling --- always try to get the odds on your side. That's what this blog is all about.

For personal play, I bought 4 Cash For Life tickets last week. Two were winners returning $18. That's a good result after the dry spell that I have been experiencing.

Good Luck with your play this week.