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Prestige remains a highly rated game but Money Multiplier is quickly closing the gap. It would not take much for the two games to reverse positions. Prestige currently is returning $.10 of every dollar spent on the game to the ten Grand Prizes left to be claimed. Your chances to snag one is just under 1 million:1. This is second only to Fast 200s that returns $.12 to its 951 unclaimed Grand Prizes of $200 each. Money Multiplier returns $.085 of every dollar to the Grand Prize winners.
A new version of Monopoly was launched this week and immediately went to the bottom of the list due to one of it's three $75,000 prizes being claimed right away. The game will be popular but resist the temptation faithful readers - there are better choices out there.
I mentioned last week that the $10 Instant Gift Pack was launched. Players get a pouch of tickets and a voucher to get a free ticket in the 20 million ticket jumbo Crossword game. The game provides you with good odds to win a Grand Prize of 260,000:1 but you really have to pay a lot for that privilege. The game is good insofar as your likelihood to win a prize and any prize greater than the cost of the ticket, but I cannot recommend the game. If your goal is to open the packet and put a ticket in the Christmas stockings of your family members, then go ahead - you get lots of tickets for the money.
Congratulations to Vic who picked up an orphan $200 Million ticket that was worth $75 this week. I'd take it. I have been watching the OLG ads for this game closely this past week. Boy do they go out of their way to avoid telling you that the ticket costs $20.
I received an interesting comment from Jay in Scarborough this week. He is vexed about the splash that the OLG made this week when it found the rightful owner of a $50 Million Lotto Max ticket that had been unclaimed for a year. He maintains that the rules require the winner to produce the ticket and that had the money not been claimed then it would have been added to future draws therefore representing more opportunity for him to win.
The OLG Brochure on claiming large prizes can be found here http://www.olg.ca/assets/documents/responsible_gaming/howto_check_claim_prizes.pdf .
He may have a point but we need to remember the history of the OLG insofar as rightful winners is concerned. A new era began for them post Ombudsman's Report http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/Resources/Reports/A-Game-of-Trust.aspx . They have come a long way since this report was issued and I applaud them for completing what amounted to a culture change in their organization. That takes leadership. Regrettably for them, it does not stop me from criticizing them when I think it appropriate. As for Jay - I think that he needs a little more seasonal spirit.
Good luck to all.
Doug
Prestige remains a highly rated game but Money Multiplier is quickly closing the gap. It would not take much for the two games to reverse positions. Prestige currently is returning $.10 of every dollar spent on the game to the ten Grand Prizes left to be claimed. Your chances to snag one is just under 1 million:1. This is second only to Fast 200s that returns $.12 to its 951 unclaimed Grand Prizes of $200 each. Money Multiplier returns $.085 of every dollar to the Grand Prize winners.
Top Rated Games
- Prestige (66%)
- Money Multiplier (30%)
- Frogger (15%)
- Classic White (9%)
- $200 Million (56%)
Games to Avoid
- Cash Blast (24%)
- Keno 1410 (17%)
- Cashingo (14%)
- Crossword 3203 (8%)
- Monopoly (94%)
$1 - $2 Game Update
Fast 200s is a strong choice but I can understand folks who are turned off by the $200 Grand Prize. The next best game in this group is Stock Stuff.$3 Game Update
Cashingo has become a public menace. Its a dog for which all 3 of the $25,000 second prizes have also been claimed. At present, the most you can win is $508, and there are only 18 of them. Fast 200s looks awfully good by comparison. The best game here is Frogger but be careful as only one Grand Prize remains in this game. Check with your retailer before you buy.$4 - $5 Game Update
Money Multiplier is the best game by a significant margin, in this area. If you dislike the game for some reason, then choose freely among the other games - they are all about the same.$10 - $20 Game Update
Cash Blast joined the "dog" list this week when its last grand Prize was claimed. Instant Gift Pack is also rated as being a poor choice given the small Grand Prize for the game ($50,000) and the small number of Grand Prizes (6). For $10, I would expect more.Comings and Goings
Cash For Life 1162 and Bingo 3008 were retired this past week. Cash For Life was a dog of a game and Bingo 3008 had been milked to its maximum by the OLG. May they both rest in peace.A new version of Monopoly was launched this week and immediately went to the bottom of the list due to one of it's three $75,000 prizes being claimed right away. The game will be popular but resist the temptation faithful readers - there are better choices out there.
I mentioned last week that the $10 Instant Gift Pack was launched. Players get a pouch of tickets and a voucher to get a free ticket in the 20 million ticket jumbo Crossword game. The game provides you with good odds to win a Grand Prize of 260,000:1 but you really have to pay a lot for that privilege. The game is good insofar as your likelihood to win a prize and any prize greater than the cost of the ticket, but I cannot recommend the game. If your goal is to open the packet and put a ticket in the Christmas stockings of your family members, then go ahead - you get lots of tickets for the money.
Personal Play
Four Prestige tickets contained two winners worth $30. Barely a blip to my bottom line for the year. This week I'm going to search for some Money Multiplier tickets and maybe get one Prestige ticket. I'm not winning at the game and I need a change.Congratulations to Vic who picked up an orphan $200 Million ticket that was worth $75 this week. I'd take it. I have been watching the OLG ads for this game closely this past week. Boy do they go out of their way to avoid telling you that the ticket costs $20.
I received an interesting comment from Jay in Scarborough this week. He is vexed about the splash that the OLG made this week when it found the rightful owner of a $50 Million Lotto Max ticket that had been unclaimed for a year. He maintains that the rules require the winner to produce the ticket and that had the money not been claimed then it would have been added to future draws therefore representing more opportunity for him to win.
The OLG Brochure on claiming large prizes can be found here http://www.olg.ca/assets/documents/responsible_gaming/howto_check_claim_prizes.pdf .
He may have a point but we need to remember the history of the OLG insofar as rightful winners is concerned. A new era began for them post Ombudsman's Report http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/Resources/Reports/A-Game-of-Trust.aspx . They have come a long way since this report was issued and I applaud them for completing what amounted to a culture change in their organization. That takes leadership. Regrettably for them, it does not stop me from criticizing them when I think it appropriate. As for Jay - I think that he needs a little more seasonal spirit.
Good luck to all.
Doug
thanks for the s/o doug :), since your pretty good with your math, could you tell me the odds of winning on my $225 ticket i won about 2 months ago for crossword trippler, it was the green ticket, which is the old one, as the blue new version of the game was out also, i just didn't pick the new one. I looked and it was 1 in 7000 to win 225 for the new crossword trippler that had come out. what do you think my odds were winning on the old game. I'm guessing 1 in 14000?
ReplyDeletethanks, vic
Vic,
DeleteIn order to know that I'd have to have a general idea of the date that you bought the ticket. Have you got that information?
Doug
it really blew my away that i won, realizing after that most of the unclaimed grand prizes were claimed, as to why they released the new version of it. but I'm sure the odds were much higher than 1 in 7000 since most of those prizes were taken for that game
ReplyDeletealso, i think I'm getting pretty lucky with these 20 dollar games, i won 50 dollars today on one of them again, not a bad choice ice say
ReplyDeleteI bought 2 Monopoly tickets and won $8 which is about as good as I could hope which in the end doesn't say much for the game. Maybe I'll revisit in a month if prizes are still there.
ReplyDelete$200 Million is the only game I have a positive return on. In fact it funds all my other losing games with its profits. It is hard to put up $20 on 1 ticket but not 2 Prestige. Strange, isn't it?
I won $50 this passed week on 200mill Supreme
ReplyDeletei keep getting 40's and 50's most of the time i pick one of the supremes now a days, not too bad
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