Turbo Cash #1713 or Bejeweled #1692 - It's a Tough Call

Turbo Cash #1713 and Bejeweled #1709 stand head and shoulders above other games currently available for play. To choose between them is a matter of preference. Bejeweled hits the measurement criteria perfectly and actually comes out ahead of the long standing game of choice, Turbo Cash. This is due to the concentration of $100 prizes offered by the game. Bejeweled has 100,800 (7%) more tickets in its float than Turbo Cash and almost triple the number of $100 winning tickets. On the other hand, Turbo Cash offers over $800,000 more prizes to winners of more than $10 and less than $100 than Bejeweled. As a result, the evaluation system gets tricked a bit. Turbo Cash currently offers the best of any game odds of 144,000:1 to win the $250,000 Top Prize whereas Bejeweled currently stands at 235,000:1. The odds of winning $100 are the best of any game for Bejeweled at 146:1. Turbo Cash is 333:1 and is the second best game by that measure. It's a tough call.




The OLG views games with top prizes of less than $100,000 as being different than games with top prizes of $100,000 or more. Their client surveys indicate that if you play the lower prize games you don't really care about whether there are actually any Top Prizes left to claim. Players who play the more expensive tickets apparently do care. Strange, but who am I to second guess client surveys? As such, I will be reporting on recommended games based upon this differentiation.

Best Grand Prize Games
$1 - $3 Games: Snow Globe #1727, Frogger #1718, Mahjong #1731
$4 - $10 Games: Cash For Life Blowout #1160,  Instant Millions #1683, Turbo Cash #1713

Best $100 or More Games
$1 - $3 Games: Crossword #1299, QFGCrossword #3201, Fast 100 #1688
$4 - $10 Games: Bejeweled #1692, Turbo Cash #1713, Instant Gift Pack #1919

Best Combined Ratings Games
$1 - $3 Games - Frogger #1718, Mahjong #1731, Snow Globe #1727
$4 - $10 Games - Bejeweled #1692, Turbo Cash #1713, Instant Gift Pack #1919.

Games to Avoid
Golden Goose #1700, More Lucky #1712, Super Bingo #3011, Wonderful Life #1714, Black Tripler #1716.

Comings and Goings

The $1 Cash Cow #1717 was introduced this week. It is a typical $1 game with a stronger rating towards the $10,000 Top Prize than towards the $100 Prize side.

Personal Play

Four Turbo Cash tickets produced 1 - $10 winner. I have slipped to an overall cash rate of 39% and a total return on investment of 84%. Still pretty good but I fear that I am trending towards the norm. That does not bode well for the next few weeks.

I have commented before on the paucity of winners from Toronto in the past. This past week, 6 of 18 winners of $10,000 or more came from Toronto. Has the tide turned? We will see. We also had a $1,000,000 winner this past week in Brampton.

Play Smart - Play within your budget.

Doug