Turbo Cash #1713 Still the Pick

The past week saw another 50,000 Turbo Cash tickets sold without a grand prize being claimed. The game remains our top selection.
Best $1-2 game - Bingo Express
Best $3-$5 game - Instant Millions

The top selling games are the jumbo Crossword #1199 (120,000 tickets sold during the week) and #1198 (64,000 ticket sold during the week)

Best odds to win a jackpot is Cross Tripler #1703 at 117,000:1 to win $100,000 for a $5 Ticket.

Best $1000 Win Value Play is Keno #1409

The OLG retired Instant 649 and Crossword #1297 this past week. Both decisions are understandable. The top prize heavy Instant 649 never sold very well. Instant Game players enjoy action, even if it is minor prizes. I guess that people who want the 649 premise buy 649 tickets. Makes sense. The Crossword game was also entirely sold out and the are two other versions already in play. But why does the OLG continue to sell $1 Cross Express? Avoid this game.

Personal Play this week was poor. The odds for turbo Cash caught up to me. I went 0 for 2 bringing my total return down to 61% of money invested.

Winners of large prizes this week hailed from : Cornwall, Caledon, Toronto, and North York. Glad to see the GTA locations showing up. It's about time!..

  I apologize for the formatting of this post. I am in Dubai and for some reason the "powers that be" think that I am posting in Arabic and I can't see how to change the format to English. 

Good Luck

Doug

Turbo Cash #1713 Remains the Choice

Turbo Cash sold 77,000 tickets last week without surrendering a jackpot winner. The game is now significantly the best choice for players. Odds of winning a jackpot are presently 320,000:1.


The only problem with this game is the cost. At $10 per ticket, it is understandably too rich for many players. If you must, here is the best of the rest:

$3 - $5 Games - Ontario Millions #1683
$1 - $2 Games - Blazing Sevens #1696

It was a good week overall for the OLG with daily sales averaging over 650,000. That is about 10% higher than the recent trend. Keno #1409 remains the best $1000 value play although only 1 of the 6 Jackpot Prizes remains to be claimed. $2 Blazing Sevens is the third ranked $1000 value game and it would be a better choice.

Prizes of $50,000 or more were claimed this past week in the following locations: Oakville, Port Colborne, Windsor (2) , Hamilton (2), Niagara Falls, Peterborough, Owen Sound. Ever notice the paucity of winners in Toronto? I do.


Comings and Goings

Christmas is coming. The OLG introduced $1 Holiday Tripler, $2 Snow Globe, $3 It's a Wonderful Life, and $5 Merry Money this week. Get your stocking stuffers early!

Two games were also retired. At long last the $3 Horseshoes #1705 has been withdrawn. All the Jackpot prizes had been claimed in this game since the 04 August update. At that point 42% of the ticket float remained to be sold. The OLG allowed the playing public to buy over 700,000 tickets for this game even though Mr. Tout le Monde had no chance to win the jackpot.

I'm puzzled by the OLG policy in this area as they also retired $1 Go Bananas this week. It was our recommended $1-$2 game. Three of the six Jackpot Prizes remained to be claimed and 25% of the ticket float was in circulation. At the same time, they left $1 Cross Express in play. No Jackpot prizes are left in that game and they have been gone since early October. Only 12% of the tickets remain for that game. Why in the world would the OLG cancel Go Bananas and leave Cross Express in play?

I wrote to the OLG about this very issue last year. I received a fulsome response to my questions. Here are the criteria for canceling a game:

1. Game is sold out.
2. All top prizes are claimed for games with $100,000 or greater top prizes.
3. Average weekly sales reflect significantly decreased customer demand and a new replacement game is planned.
4. Quality issue with game in market.
5. Security issue with game in market.


So, why was Go Bananas canceled and Cross Express was not?


Personal Play

The worm is turning. I bought two Turbo Cash tickets this past week. Each one was worth $15. As a result, I broke down and bought an additional ticket while on the road to Toronto. Such behaviour violates my basic principles. It was a $30 winner! The $30 profit for the week brings my total return up to 66% of money invested which is smack dab normal. I have cashed 39% of all tickets purchased which is high.


Good Luck

Doug