Prestige Gets Its Nose In Front Again

Emerald 7's no sooner took over top spot than it lost a Grand Prize. It remains a good choice but our old friend Prestige has taken the opportunity to retake the top spot in the ratings. Both Prestige and $200 Million continue to lag in sales. $200 Million was the benefactor of an advertising campaign two months ago but its sales continue to inch along. It is now in its 11th month of sale and almost half of its float remains to be sold. The same is true for Prestige. Still, the Grand Prizes are there to be claimed for all who are so inclined.

Approximately 8 million tickets were sold last week on all games and a further 86 million remain available for sale.

Top Rated Games 

1. Prestige (49% of float left to sell)
2. Cash In (27%)
3. CFL Family $2 Game (36%)
4. Emerald 7's (25%)
5. CFL Family $1 Game (27%)

Games to Avoid

1. Fat Cat (46%)
2. More Lucky Lines (64%)
3. Bingo Express (94%)
4. QFG Crossword (75%)
5. Mahjong (45%)

$1 - $2 Game Update

Both the $1 and $2 Cash for Life games are highly rated. Don't look beyond those choices.

$3 Game Update

Super Bingo 3013 is showing signs of moving into a territory where one can play the game. The jumbo Quest For Gold Crossword is a poor choice but its tickets are ubiquitous.

$4 - $5 Game Update

Either Cash For Life game is an acceptable choice but Cash In and Emerald 7's are head and shoulders better choices.

$10 - $20 Game Update

No change here. Anything but Classic Gold is a good choice. Even Classic Gold is not that bad but the other three provide more bang for your buck.

Comings and Goings

The poorly rated Cherry Tripler was retired this past week. It had one Grand Prize left to be claimed. There will be no tears for that game.

A new $3 Scrabble Game and $2 Blazing 7's game was introduced this past week. The Blazing 7's game is OK but I'm not thrilled by its modest Grand Prize of $17,777. Of course, there are six of them to be won. The Scrabble game has a good prize distribution and begins its life rated in the middle of the pack of the $3 games. I enjoy playing Scrabble games which means I'll be bound to try some regardless of the rating system.

Personal Play

Five Emerald 7's tickets contained one winner of $14. My Lotto Max ticket was a predictable loser. This week I'll be spreading out over a few games as all of the top five games are very good choices.

Closing Comments

Thanks for all the comments on the blog. There are some very entertaining stories there and I encourage readers to take a peek.

One poster asked how I know how many tickets are left to be sold for each game. I have written about this before and it is the most common question that I receive. I have explained what I do in the response to the question. To be clear - I am not privy to any more information than anyone else. I use what the OLG provides publicly to estimate the remaining float numbers. I am confident that the estimates will be very close to being correct in almost all cases. I am going to pull out an old statistics text book to see how I can establish mathematically the soundness of the method. That should put some readers to sleep.

Best to all.

Doug