Two hundred thousand of the estimated remaining 2.3 million tickets (+/- 4%) were sold last week without revealing a Grand Prize winner. Your odds of winning a Grand Prize now sit at an estimated 1.06 million:1. An interesting aspect to this game is that it is rich in smaller prizes and the Grand Prize is favourably positioned. The trade off is the prizes between $100 and the Grand Prize are poor. It's a game that you can grind along with while trying to hit the jackpot. With an estimated 30% of the float left to sell and two of the original three Grand Prizes still up for grabs, the time is now.
Cash In was retired this week three weeks after the last Grand Prize was claimed. It had 14% of its float left to sell +/- 3%. The jumbo game Crossword #3202 was also retired. The game was only introduced last November and it sold almost all of its 20 million ticket float. It was a poor choice so players who don't pay attention to such trivialities were done a favour by the OLG.
Taking their respective places are $5 Sapphire 7's and another $3 More Lucky Lines game #1776. The More Lucky Lines game is very much like its sister but buyer beware: the earlier version #1775 is devoid of Grand Prizes and currently tops our Games to Avoid list. Don't be fooled. The $5 Sapphire 7's game is very much like the Emerald 7's game that is also currently for sale. It looks OK but the Emerald 7's game is the better choice of the two.
A reader this past week commented on one Anthony Binkowski of Ottawa who won between $2000 and $5000 on four different occasions on Daily Keno and Ontario 49. It does seem unusual. I Googled his name without finding out much. I did find a young chap who I doubt has thousands of dollars that he pours into these games. There's a story there but I don't have any angles that seem credible right off of the top of my head. If you do, post away.
I downloaded the report from the Auditor General for Ontario http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/ on his recent review of the OLG's Modernization Plan. It is a long but interesting read. In short, the OLG's much heralded plan was overly optimistic, misrepresented some negative points, and lacked consultation. As a result, its implementation has been blockaded in major municipalities, is behind schedule elsewhere, and its projected positive outcomes scaled back based upon the AG's risk assessment.
My conclusion is that the Senior Management of the OLG was more committed to running the OLG like they were private casino operators with special powers than they were as an agency of the Government of Ontario. The fact that the Government of Ontario booked the OLG's wildly optimisitic revenue projections into its overall budget without questioning its merit, leaves me somewhat stunned.
It is clear to me why Mr.Godfrey and former CEO Rod Phillips and the previous board had to be replaced. I will provide readers with highlights of the report in coming posts.
The Kentucky Derby was won by the 5-2 favourite in a 19 horse field. He looked good but it was a short price on that horse. Congratulations to those who had him.
Doug
Top Rated Games
- $1 Cash For Life Family (13% of float left +/- 25%)
- $4 Cash for Life Family #1165 (30%, +/- 4%)
- $10 Prestige (40%, +/- 7%)
- $2 Cash for Life Family (18%, +/- 2%)
- $5 Cross Tripler #1755 (9%, +/- 2%)
Games to Avoid
- $3 More Lucky Lines #1775 (19%, +/- 3%)
- $2 Fat Cat (25%, +/- 4%)
- $3 QFG Crossword (29%, +/- 1%)
- $3 Bingo (53%, +/- 2%)
- $3 Tetris (52%, +/- 3%)
$1 - $2 Game Update
Either Cash For Life game is a good choice as is the Red Hot 50's.$3 Game Update
At long last we have a couple of good choices in this area. They are: Keno #1412 and Scrabble #1777. This is a treacherous area that also contains 4 of the 5 worst games currently for sale. Be alert.$4 - $5 Game Update
Cash For Life #1165, Cross Tripler #1755 and Emerald 7's are all good choices. There is but one Grand Prize remaining in Emerald 7's and only 235,000 tickets left to sell +/- 60,000. Those are presently the best odds to win any Grand Prize.$10 - $20 Game Update
Prestige and the two $20 Games are OK and continue to lumber on. $200 Million had its first $2 million winner in over eight months last week. The winner was not from Ontario as far as I can determine.Comings and Goings
Cash In was retired this week three weeks after the last Grand Prize was claimed. It had 14% of its float left to sell +/- 3%. The jumbo game Crossword #3202 was also retired. The game was only introduced last November and it sold almost all of its 20 million ticket float. It was a poor choice so players who don't pay attention to such trivialities were done a favour by the OLG.
Taking their respective places are $5 Sapphire 7's and another $3 More Lucky Lines game #1776. The More Lucky Lines game is very much like its sister but buyer beware: the earlier version #1775 is devoid of Grand Prizes and currently tops our Games to Avoid list. Don't be fooled. The $5 Sapphire 7's game is very much like the Emerald 7's game that is also currently for sale. It looks OK but the Emerald 7's game is the better choice of the two.
Personal Play
I opened up this past week in search of the CFL Grand Prize. Ten tickets contained three winners totaling $16. Not good. I'm going to stick to this strategy until further notice.Other Comments
A reader this past week commented on one Anthony Binkowski of Ottawa who won between $2000 and $5000 on four different occasions on Daily Keno and Ontario 49. It does seem unusual. I Googled his name without finding out much. I did find a young chap who I doubt has thousands of dollars that he pours into these games. There's a story there but I don't have any angles that seem credible right off of the top of my head. If you do, post away.
I downloaded the report from the Auditor General for Ontario http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/ on his recent review of the OLG's Modernization Plan. It is a long but interesting read. In short, the OLG's much heralded plan was overly optimistic, misrepresented some negative points, and lacked consultation. As a result, its implementation has been blockaded in major municipalities, is behind schedule elsewhere, and its projected positive outcomes scaled back based upon the AG's risk assessment.
My conclusion is that the Senior Management of the OLG was more committed to running the OLG like they were private casino operators with special powers than they were as an agency of the Government of Ontario. The fact that the Government of Ontario booked the OLG's wildly optimisitic revenue projections into its overall budget without questioning its merit, leaves me somewhat stunned.
It is clear to me why Mr.Godfrey and former CEO Rod Phillips and the previous board had to be replaced. I will provide readers with highlights of the report in coming posts.
The Kentucky Derby was won by the 5-2 favourite in a 19 horse field. He looked good but it was a short price on that horse. Congratulations to those who had him.
Doug
I like $4 cfl but I get killed on it - I dread uncovering the 5ooo , 10ooo or 50ooo s lol ... for some reason prestige gives me something 6o% of the time if not more which I know is usually - I guess its calling me
ReplyDeleteSo I'm down at my favorite pub and we all decide to grab some QFG Crosswords. Everybody is winning $15, $25 and even a $100 winner. Me, I grab a lousy $3 back on 10 tickets. I hate that game.
ReplyDeleteThey doubled the price and main prize on Ontario 49 and still nobody wins first or second prize. I'd like to know where all that money ends up.
My Derby pick came in 18th out of 19. Really bad week on the gaming front. Glad I didn't put a Pro Line on Montreal.
I agree with the Ontario 49, very rare grand prize or second prize winners and why doesn't the pot go up??? This month June 2014 there was only one winner to date june 11th. Where does all that money go? I've only been playing for about 7 or 8 draws thinking that it was like 649 (which I have played for 22 years) where the pot grows if no one wins. Going to have to stop playing O49, seems like a useless game.
DeleteSome friends wanted to hit the slots today so I tagged along. I put $60 in the $1 slot which was my limit and played max bets until I was down to $2 then $1 bets. The final spin I won $40 but if it had been a max bet it would have been $800. Grrrr..... I cashed out.
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DeleteThe longer I look at casinos, the more I despise slot machines. They still get some of my money but I really hate them.
I bot a keno ticket for this evening and said yes for encore - the last 2 numbers are the same as this afternoon!! and the next 5 numbers are exactly the same!! but split once so its not a total repeat .. who knows thou there is just a slight chance I won't feel like a jackass :)
ReplyDeleteNew turbo cash 10 dollar (Ontario only) game just released with a grandprize of 250k, im going to check a few of them out throughout the week
ReplyDeleteI tried it already, and won $50 on my first try by uncovering the flag symbol!
Deletenice, I've only played 2 so far, i won 10 back on 1 and lost on the second
DeleteI don't think I would avoid playing a bingo, and why should I?
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Update on my turbo cash plays. I scratched my 3rd overall ticket of turbo cash and won 100 bux ;)
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