Folks who have been reading this blog, and the comments to the blog, are aware of what transpired with More Lucky Lines. This is not a unique situation. Readers have called the OLG only to receive their circular logic that leads the OLG to an indefensible position. The bottom line is that they ran a game for which they sold 2.5 million tickets and then retired the game before a single Grand Prize was claimed. I don't care what the explanation is - it's wrong in principle. I'll be taking further action on this one.
I'm amazed that some posters are continuing to find More Lucky Lines tickets here and there. Good luck to them. The new top rated game is also in a scarcity situation with only 10%, +/- 2% of the tickets left to be sold. In raw terms, there are only an estimated 122,000 tickets out there and that is a mere 1/4 of the tickets that were left to sell for More Lucky Lines yet the OLG ...... I know - settle down Doug.
Two of the six original prizes of $100,000 remain to be claimed. The game is not great in terms of cashing for any prize but it is good for cashing a prize greater than the cost of the ticket. It has the best chance of cashing a middle prize (greater than $100) of any game with the exception of the $10 Cadillac game. I've been looking for tickets to the game without success. I hope that your luck is better.
Labour Day provided the OLG with a good opportunity to clean up the inventory of games. Six games were retired over the past two weeks including the $10 Turbo Cash game that was devoid of Grand Prizes. The jumbo Quest For Gold Crossword was mercifully put to bed along with Bingo, Red Hot 50's, Bingo Express, and yes, More Lucky Lines.
Two new games were introduced: the inter-provincial $100 Million Fortune and the $3 Horseshoes. Horseshoes is an average looking $3 game. It has a normal prize distribution and begins its life as the third rated $3 game of the 8 currently for sale. $10 Games should start out strong and Fortune is no exception. It is strong on the Grand Prize end with 12 - $1,000,000 prizes available and it is also good in the prizes of less than $100. The one thing I don't like about the game is the low number of reported prizes. The Inter-provincial games like to report down to the $1000 level and not the $100 level that the OLG does on its games. This means that only 125 prizes are reported against and that means that our estimates for remaining float size will be no closer than +/- 8%. Here is the prize breakdown for both games:
Horseshoes
2.6% of revenue paid to Grand Prize winners.
1.7% to winners of less than the Grand Prize and at least $100
47.7% to winners of less than $100 and more than $3
12.9% to winners of $3
35% to the OLG etc
Fortune
8.0% to Grand Prize winners
2.0% to winners of less than Grand Prize and at least $100
50.2% to winners of less than $100 and more than $10
9.5% to winners of $10
30.3% to the IPL
3 - Wild 10's tickets contained 1 winner of $20.
My trip to New York state introduced me to this menacing looking machine:
They dispense Scratch and Win tickets in the main area and you can purchase Lotto type games with the buttons in the first row. I suspect that the machines have an operating cost less than the 8% that sellers receive from the OLG. I wonder why they were not part of the OLG Modernization Plan? I guess that the association of variety store retailers has more clout than the Horse Racing industry that the OLG was happy to eviscerate. Thank goodness that Premier Wynne has mandated the OLG to ensure that the health of horse racing in Ontario is part of its Modernization Plan. The machine pictured is located at the Saratoga Race Track. Lets plop one down inside Woodbine and see what happens.
Best to all.
Doug
I'm amazed that some posters are continuing to find More Lucky Lines tickets here and there. Good luck to them. The new top rated game is also in a scarcity situation with only 10%, +/- 2% of the tickets left to be sold. In raw terms, there are only an estimated 122,000 tickets out there and that is a mere 1/4 of the tickets that were left to sell for More Lucky Lines yet the OLG ...... I know - settle down Doug.
Two of the six original prizes of $100,000 remain to be claimed. The game is not great in terms of cashing for any prize but it is good for cashing a prize greater than the cost of the ticket. It has the best chance of cashing a middle prize (greater than $100) of any game with the exception of the $10 Cadillac game. I've been looking for tickets to the game without success. I hope that your luck is better.
Top Rated Games
- $5 Money Multiplier #1769 - 10% of float left +/- 2%
- $10 Prestige #1741 - 23% +/- 7%
- $4 Bonus CFL #1168 - 74% +/- 3%
- $10 Wild 10's #1785 - 64% +/- 2%
- $10 Fortune #1779 - 100% +/- 8%
Games to Avoid
- $10 Classic Gold - all top prizes claimed. Interprovincial game.
- $5 Sapphire 7's - OLG has been milking this one while retiring Lucky Lines. Grrrr.
- $1 Lucky Lines - half the Grand Prizes claimed in first third of tickets sold.
- $3 Crossword - 1 chance in 2.3 million to win $50,000. Sucks.
- $2 Crazy 8's - 1 Grand Prize left and 40% of float to sell.
$1 - $2 Game Update
Blazing 7's is the best play in this area.$3 Game Update
Moving on from More Lucky Lines, Scrabble #1799 is the top rated game.$4 - $5 Game Update
Stick to the two games in the Top Rated Game area.$10 - $20 Game Update
Avoid Classic Gold. I don't like Cadillac either although CL66 still has a hankering for it.Comings and Goings
Labour Day provided the OLG with a good opportunity to clean up the inventory of games. Six games were retired over the past two weeks including the $10 Turbo Cash game that was devoid of Grand Prizes. The jumbo Quest For Gold Crossword was mercifully put to bed along with Bingo, Red Hot 50's, Bingo Express, and yes, More Lucky Lines.
Two new games were introduced: the inter-provincial $100 Million Fortune and the $3 Horseshoes. Horseshoes is an average looking $3 game. It has a normal prize distribution and begins its life as the third rated $3 game of the 8 currently for sale. $10 Games should start out strong and Fortune is no exception. It is strong on the Grand Prize end with 12 - $1,000,000 prizes available and it is also good in the prizes of less than $100. The one thing I don't like about the game is the low number of reported prizes. The Inter-provincial games like to report down to the $1000 level and not the $100 level that the OLG does on its games. This means that only 125 prizes are reported against and that means that our estimates for remaining float size will be no closer than +/- 8%. Here is the prize breakdown for both games:
Horseshoes
2.6% of revenue paid to Grand Prize winners.
1.7% to winners of less than the Grand Prize and at least $100
47.7% to winners of less than $100 and more than $3
12.9% to winners of $3
35% to the OLG etc
Fortune
8.0% to Grand Prize winners
2.0% to winners of less than Grand Prize and at least $100
50.2% to winners of less than $100 and more than $10
9.5% to winners of $10
30.3% to the IPL
Personal Play
3 - Wild 10's tickets contained 1 winner of $20.
Meanderings
My trip to New York state introduced me to this menacing looking machine:
They dispense Scratch and Win tickets in the main area and you can purchase Lotto type games with the buttons in the first row. I suspect that the machines have an operating cost less than the 8% that sellers receive from the OLG. I wonder why they were not part of the OLG Modernization Plan? I guess that the association of variety store retailers has more clout than the Horse Racing industry that the OLG was happy to eviscerate. Thank goodness that Premier Wynne has mandated the OLG to ensure that the health of horse racing in Ontario is part of its Modernization Plan. The machine pictured is located at the Saratoga Race Track. Lets plop one down inside Woodbine and see what happens.
Best to all.
Doug
Love those dispensing machines whenever I do shopping in Watertown or Syracuse. I often wondered too why we aren't seeing them. Perhaps it is clout by the retailers, but then if they had that sort of clout, I would have expected them to successfully push for approval to sell beer and wine privately as well (a peeve of my own). Perhaps avoiding these machines is a way of throwing these retailers a bone? As for the Lucky Lines retirement, it smells like scandal to me. Might have to bring that up on a local radio station that rhymes with CFRA! lol.
ReplyDeleteGrabbed a couple Cadillac games on the weekend and won nothing. Thinking of going for Scrabble this week. Best of luck everyone!
I bought 2 Fortune today and one winner of $20. I don't see myself buying them again for a while. Overall I bought 12 Cadillac and won $140 so I can't say bad things about that game.
ReplyDeleteOn Friday I'll pick a couple CFL and Lottario which is at a good jackpot of $660k. Worth a $5 in my opinion.
I hope OLG doesn't realize that they can score a couple hundred grand by pulling Multi off the market and screw us again. I know a store that has at least a dozen but as I said in the last installment I haven't been buying many tickets since the Lucky Lines rip off. Maybe I'll grab a few tomorrow since the numbers look so good.
ReplyDeleteLloyd,
DeleteI have little doubt that they meet regularly to decide such matters and that the options are costed out. I'd like to be a fly on the wall at one of those meetings.
Just throwing a bit of sarcasm at OLG because I'm still pissed off at... Well, you know what I'm still pissed off at. Used to be when somebody said I was wasting my money on scratch tickets I'd say somebody's gotta win. I don't think I can say that anymore.
DeleteI'll bet that lottery dispensing machine takes credit and debit cards. We might even see them at the tracks and slot joints sometime. That's probably the only places you'll see them tho since the dorks that run Ontario would be absolutely terrified that some kid might get his hands on a $2 scratch ticket.
ReplyDeleteim not sure what the hell is going on with my luck on these wild 10's I've baughten a lot and can't even remember how long ago i even got a 20 dollar win...
ReplyDeletei bought 5 wild 10's and won $40 all together (not bad)
ReplyDeletei bought 4 Cadillac tickets and only won $10.
lesson learned....stick to the $3 tickets, save your money for a coffee.
ever since the cfl introduced the $100,000 figure in the game, it seems harder to win anything!
ReplyDeleteWhen bonus cfl first came out I had extremely good luck on it, I hit multiple $20 prizes and even a $100 prize. But lately im not even getting half my money back from the small prizes. .I think I'm slightly over 200 tickets played..The old cfl 1165 game also seemed poor I never hit a 50% return on that either on around 100 tickets played.
DeleteMe maybe upset also about lucky lines and haven't played anything for a few days. .kinda been watching for money multiplier but the places I seen them last week no longer have them..I will likely play some bonus cfl over the weekend along with the big lotto max draw..and yeah lottario jackpot is climbing upthere so I'll throw away a few bucks on that also...
G.L. everyone
Current Scratch Tickets Estimated Odds 1/2
ReplyDelete$5000+
$10 WILD 10`S 1 in 9,656
91 x $10,000
$3 SCRABBLE 1 in 88,871
1 x $75,000 - 1 x $25,000 - 1 x $15,000 - 1 x $10,000 - 3 x $5,000
$5 JACK$ ARE WILD 1 in 100,050
2 x $100,000 - 1 x $27,500 - 4 x $25,000 - 4 x $8,000 - 8 x $5,000
$5 MONEY MULTIPLIER 1 in 123,929
2 x $100,000
$10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 1 in 172,598
3 x $1,000,000 - 4 x $100,000 - 2 x $50,000 - 10 x $10,000
$10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 1 in 187,713
12 x $1,000,000 - 8 x $100,000 - 10 x $50,000 - 50 x $10,000
$10 CADILLAC RICHES 1 in 191,945
9 x $250,000 - 3 x $100,000 - 3 x $47,500 - 7 x $10,000 - 2 x $5,000
$3 KENO 1 in 210,000
2 x $50,000 - 10 x $5,000
$3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 1 in 210,467
1 x $75,000 - 2 x $25,000 - 1 x $10,000
$3 BINGO 1 in 238,504
7 x $50,000 - 7 x $25,000 - 4 x $10,000 - 3 x $5,050 - 5 x $5,000
$2 BLAZING 7`S 1 in 270,229
1 x $17,777
$20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 1 in 312,301
9 x $2,000,000 - 13 x $200,000 - 18 x $20,000
$3 CASHINGO 1 in 323,027
1 x $75,000 - 1 x $25,000
$5 WINNER TAKE ALL 1 in 354,200
2 x $100,000
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 1 in 369,931
15 x $100,000 - 6 x $10,000
$5 BLACK PEARLS 1 in 375,005
3 x $100,000 - 1 x $25,000
$2 ROYAL 7`S 1 in 390,725
6 x $17,777
$1 CASH COW 1 in 441,405
4 x $10,000
$3 HORSESHOES 1 in 457,333
3 x $75,000 - 3 x $10,000
$3 CROSSWORD (new) 1 in 459,026
11 x $50,000 - 10 x $25,000 - 11 x $10,000 - 10 x $5,000
$4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 484,601
5 x $675,000 (1K$ WEEK LIFE) - 9 x $100,000 - 1 x $10,000
$3 CROSSWORD 1 in 538,010
1 x $50,000 - 2 x $10,000 - 1 x $5,000
$10 CLASSIC GOLD 1 in 661,990
2 x $50,000
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 1 in 1,003,059
1 x $100,000
$1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 1 in 1,081,500
2 x $10,000
$2 CRAZY 8`S 1 in 1,086,729
1 x $28,888
$4 CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 2,352,270
1 x $675,000 (1K$ WEEK LIFE)
$1000+
$10 WILD 10`S 1 in 7,776
$2 BLAZING 7`S 1 in 16,889
$10 CLASSIC GOLD 1 in 17,195
$3 KENO 1 in 18,129
$10 CADILLAC RICHES 1 in 21,229
$5 WINNER TAKE ALL 1 in 22,138
$20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 1 in 26,750
$2 ROYAL 7`S 1 in 27,260
$3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 1 in 30,067
$5 JACK$ ARE WILD 1 in 35,867
$5 MONEY MULTIPLIER 1 in 49,571
$4 CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 50,048
$10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 1 in 69,774
$2 CRAZY 8`S 1 in 83,595
$3 SCRABBLE 1 in 88,871
$3 HORSESHOES 1 in 105,538
$4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 113,578
$10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 1 in 120,136
$3 BINGO 1 in 238,504
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 1 in 287,724
$3 CASHINGO 1 in 323,027
$5 BLACK PEARLS 1 in 375,005
$1 CASH COW 1 in 441,405
$3 CROSSWORD (new) 1 in 459,026
$3 CROSSWORD 1 in 538,010
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 1 in 1,003,059
$1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 1 in 1,081,500
Current Scratch Tickets Estimated Odds 2/2
ReplyDelete$250+
$5 WINNER TAKE ALL 1 in 2,557
$10 WILD 10`S 1 in 4,394
$5 MONEY MULTIPLIER 1 in 5,633
$10 CADILLAC RICHES 1 in 6,142
$3 CASHINGO 1 in 8,850
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 1 in 9,097
$20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 1 in 9,456
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 1 in 9,553
$10 CLASSIC GOLD 1 in 10,764
$5 JACK$ ARE WILD 1 in 13,775
$2 BLAZING 7`S 1 in 16,889
$3 KENO 1 in 18,129
$3 SCRABBLE 1 in 20,068
$5 SAPPHIRE 7`S 1 in 23,190
$4 CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 24,761
$2 ROYAL 7`S 1 in 27,260
$3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 1 in 30,067
$10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 1 in 35,645
$2 CRAZY 8`S 1 in 38,812
$4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 43,789
$10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 1 in 68,885
$3 HORSESHOES 1 in 105,538
$3 BINGO 1 in 238,504
$5 BLACK PEARLS 1 in 375,005
$1 CASH COW 1 in 441,405
$3 CROSSWORD (new) 1 in 459,026
$3 CROSSWORD 1 in 538,010
$1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 1 in 1,081,500
$50+
$20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 1 in 14
$10 CADILLAC RICHES 1 in 18
$10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 1 in 37
$10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 1 in 38
$10 CLASSIC GOLD 1 in 49
$10 WILD 10`S 1 in 66
$5 MONEY MULTIPLIER 1 in 179
$5 JACK$ ARE WILD 1 in 265
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 1 in 396
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 1 in 397
$5 SAPPHIRE 7`S 1 in 543
$5 WINNER TAKE ALL 1 in 606
$3 CROSSWORD 1 in 666
$3 CROSSWORD (new) 1 in 666
$3 BINGO 1 in 798
$3 CASHINGO 1 in 847
$3 HORSESHOES 1 in 1,108
$2 CRAZY 8`S 1 in 1,131
$5 BLACK PEARLS 1 in 1,162
$3 SCRABBLE 1 in 1,172
$4 CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 1,391
$2 BLAZING 7`S 1 in 1,407
$3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 1 in 1,457
$2 ROYAL 7`S 1 in 1,638
$4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 1,815
$1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 1 in 2,992
$3 KENO 1 in 6,161
$1 CASH COW 1 in 8,328
I know Doug says Money Multiplier is the top pick, but i`d like to remind everyone that's based on the top prize only. Sure, 2 chances at $100,000 at a current estimate of odds at 123,928:1 is attractive, but be cautious. In my view, i think only 1 of those MIGHT go before the game gets pulled. There are an estimated 248,857 tickets supposedly out there and there's ONLY 5 prizes worth more than $250 in them. The float is at 9.6% making it scarce and a prime target to get retired soon. If i see them, i`ll try one, but no more than that. I just hope no one here goes overboard and out of there way to get these tickets and ends up "Lucky Lined".
ReplyDeleteCL66,
ReplyDeleteI use a rating formula to evaluate the games. The formula takes into account three different factors:
1. The chances of winning a prize greater than the cost of the ticket.
2. The overall chances of winning a Grand Prize.
3. The percentage of revenue going to the house.
I am always looking to tweak the formula and may be doing so again soon. As it stands, I think that it does provide too much emphasis on Grand Prizes. I may tone that down a bit.
Doug
Hi Doug - I do like to see your different take on evaluating games. I do not say that either of us is right or wrong, we just see from different perspectives. My personal basis is that i`ve been playing scratches for nearly 30 years and i`ve never won a jackpot on them - lol, if i played only on the premise of hitting a jackpot, i would have quit playing a LONG time ago 0_o . I continue to play with the intention of having decent chances at a variety of prizes. A top-heavy/low-else game like Bonus-Cash-For-Life with it's huge number of tickets printed equalling near impossible odds is why i "rank" it so low. Even if it was $1,000 a DAY for life, i wouldn't buy it. I`m far from rich, yet i play tickets from $2 to $10, as my budget permits, with games that give the better odds. I think it's a mistake to value a game based on it's top prize tied to its ticket price. I don't get why some will play $3 games at volume and call $5 or $10 games unworthy. You can play a SINGLE ticket at a time with anything and end up doing well at it.
DeleteMy only problem with the $10 games is that it takes a minute or less to play most of them. The $3 tickets are more complicated and take around 5 minutes to play, 3 of them keeps me occupied for about 15 minutes or so. More of an entertainment thing with me, although I have played everything from 1 to $20.
DeleteYour right Lloyd, some games are too quick to play, IF entertainment value is what you prefer - i like having both, as it then gives me a choice on what i would like to play - i`ve never bought a ticket and just scratched the code and scanned it to see if i won, i prefer to have some entertainment and i even do tickets over a few hours instead of all at once - i`ve often wondered why they haven't expanded much with $5 + $10 games to offer games that take more time to play - if games such as BINGO, CROSSWORD or maybe even KENO do well and are always around, why have they never been offered in a $5 or $10 version?
DeleteCurrent Top Rated Games
ReplyDelete1 - $10 WILD 10`S 91/100
2 - $10 CADILLAC RICHES 84/100
3 - $5 MONEY MULTIPLIER 78/100
4 - $20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 76/100
5 - $5 JACK$ ARE WILD 72/100
6 - $5 WINNER TAKE ALL 71/100
7 - $10 CLASSIC GOLD 64/100
8 - $10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 64/100
9 - $2 BLAZING 7`S 59/100
10 - $10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 57/100
11 - $3 SCRABBLE 55/100
12 - $5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 55/100
13 - $3 KENO 54/100
14 - $3 CASHINGO 51/100
15 - $3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 48/100
16 - $2 ROYAL 7`S 42/100
17 - $3 BINGO 40/100
18 - $5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 39/100
19 - $3 HORSESHOES 34/100
20 - $4 CASH FOR LIFE 33/100
21 - $2 CRAZY 8`S 31/100
22 - $5 BLACK PEARLS 28/100
23 - $5 SAPPHIRE 7`S 28/100
24 - $4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 26/100
25 - $3 CROSSWORD (new) 25/100
26 - $3 CROSSWORD 22/100
27 - $1 CASH COW 16/100
28 - $1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 5/100
Current Top Rated Games (by ticket price)
ReplyDelete$20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 76/100
$10 WILD 10`S 91/100
$10 CADILLAC RICHES 84/100
$10 CLASSIC GOLD 64/100
$10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 64/100
$10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 57/100
$5 MONEY MULTIPLIER 78/100
$5 JACK$ ARE WILD 72/100
$5 WINNER TAKE ALL 71/100
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 55/100
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 39/100
$5 BLACK PEARLS 28/100
$5 SAPPHIRE 7`S 28/100
$4 CASH FOR LIFE 33/100
$4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 26/100
$3 SCRABBLE 55/100
$3 KENO 54/100
$3 CASHINGO 51/100
$3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 48/100
$3 BINGO 40/100
$3 HORSESHOES 34/100
$3 CROSSWORD (new) 25/100
$3 CROSSWORD 22/100
$2 BLAZING 7`S 59/100
$2 ROYAL 7`S 42/100
$2 CRAZY 8`S 31/100
$1 CASH COW 16/100
$1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 5/100
I would love to see a formula going to the best chance at getting a grand prize by reinvesting all winnings taking into account the cost per ticket and the prize available. That way it would give us a better chance of knowing per dollar spent what ticket to buy.
ReplyDeleteWhat is currently the best ticket out there to reinvest winning to get a major prize? I'm sure Wild 10's rules this. I for one only play this way and try for a major prize or nothing.
I don't get it. What's the difference between reinvesting or buying the ticket outright? You get the same odds no matter how the tickets are purchased.
DeleteIf you spend $100 on a given game and get a 50% return which should in theory be very attainable. .then your next $100 in tickets only costs you $50 ..half price sale Lloyd remember. .lol.
DeleteSo you're always rolling little prizes into more tickets that you get at a reduced out of pocket expense in hopes of hitting a grand prize.
Sorry, I didn't fully understand the question. I was just thinking odds at the time. So I assume the answer would be the game with the highest amount of bottom prizes. When I'm playing I don't quite look at it the same way as you do Darth, about the next tickets being half price. I look at it where it just cost me $12 to get 6 back. I guess that would be a classic case of "is the glass half full or half empty." Half full in your case, half empty in mine. I always roll any winnings I get anyway but it always fizzle out in the end.
DeleteThe guy from "scratch this"android app touched on this subject maybe 3 weeks ago..his anaylsis was bonus cfl was "best bang for your buck"..I kinda agree with him as the grand prizes are similar to the higher priced tickets. .but he doesnt take estimated float size into account which is a flawed idea as bonus cfl has 10 million ticket float..
ReplyDeleteSo if there were a $1 scratch game with a single $1million grand prize with a 20 million ticket float his system would rank that as the best game...thats fricking flawed..now if such a game was 80% sold out and grand prize still remained then that would in my opinion be an excellent game..
Bonus CFL is my poison lately just
because of lower ticket cost and
similar grand prizes to the
expensive tickets...along with an
expected return from smaller
prizes at 56%....but DAMN im
crapping out on them lately..today
played 11 of them ..came up
empty..hard to believe not even a
measly $4 prize..
So it depends on what you consider a large prize..personally I think better odds on wide 10's but
for the cost of the ticket versus the grand prize size I've decided to
avoid that game..not a big enough
bang for your buck. .lol..
..I use cl66's odds for prizes over 5k frequently when im considering
buying tickets. .I believe bonus cfl
would be the top ranked game for prizes over $500k..if prestige was out of the equation and that's a nice grand prize.
I also played 7 prestige tickets I found today which im not a huge fan of interprovincial tickets. .but they're getting scarce so I gave it a go and had some success. .
ReplyDeletespend $70
Win.. $105
Including a $50, $25, $20,$10..
I'm happy with that..lol it offset my loss on my 11 bonus cfl dud tickets.
Nice wins on your Prestige tickets Darth - on 7 tickets, odds are to win twice and 10$ each at that - so you really beat the odds on that one! - nice to see someone do well at a game i rank as 8th out of 28 games, as it backs my stats - i`m surprised you seemed to switch your "poison" from Bonus CFL to something else lol - good to see you kinda try setting aside your view of "not a big enough bang for the buck" and it worked! - i know i`ve bugged you about Bonus CFL, lol, but even i play it sometimes, just one ticket i`ll try at a time since i rank it as 24th out of 28 games - sorry, in that, your recent results with it seem to also back my stats on it - thanks for your continued use of my odds as help in choosing what to play - good luck to you buddy with your ticket endeavours.
DeleteYeah I checked 3 smaller stores for money multiplier and came up blank but all 3 places hada few rremaining prestige so I picked them up because if they all came from the same pack the results would likely be different. .but yeah beat the odds .
DeleteOlg prizes claimed page shows a 5k winner today from bancroft for 1776 lucky lines. .and a couple days ago a $1020 from moose
ReplyDeletefactory. ..yeah tickets hiding in north Ontario
Maybe there are still a couple of big ones out there. Highly unlikely but I suppose it's possible.
DeleteI'm only stricly buying one wild 10s once a day maybe every other, but its been all duds for a while, not even sure why. maybe once i got my money back, got another free 10's then dud out…
ReplyDeleteis it just my luck, or is wild 10s barely pulling out unless maybe i need buy in bulk. i dunno??
also guys, i turn 19 on the 13th. what are some good slots at woodbine that you've guys got nice hits on
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Vic..it was many years ago for me at 19..I was more for bar hopping and chasing skirts but we had no casinos in my youth..
DeleteThe government has mandated that all slots in Ontario are to return 85% or better ..but damn I've tried them maybe 10 times in my life and all but once I dropped 2 or 300 bucks..so to me it seems more like they keep 90%..lol.
I believe the higher denomination are looser compared to the penny games..I heard some people only play slots near doors or near the higher visibility areas ..the thought is those machines jackpot more because it creates excitement and viewers play more..
good luck Vic
lol thanks . my bdays still in a week tho, and ya I'm sure it'll feel good to be fully legal, ill be able to do all of what you said, ontop of gambling. I've saved strictly working full time for the car that I'm driving now, i consider my g35 coupe my baby lol. but anyways, ya, trying out the slots every so often would be cool. ill prob go the weekend after i turn 19
Deletewhen i went to lac leamy, i hit 105 on a old school quarter pull slot. could those even pay out bigger? like a 1000?
ReplyDeletei once tried doing a 5 dollar slot. put in a 5 bill, did 1 spin. got 6 credits=35 then cashed. all on the old reel slots. i kinda like those, but are the video slots better for the bonus wins? i never see the 1 dollars video slots only like 1 penny ones
i also like the 1 dollar wheel of fortune they had at lac leamy. do they have the same at woodbine?
Quarter slots can go up to 16,000 credits or $4k jackpots maybe some even higher. That is with max betting usually 3 credits.
DeleteI usually visit the casinos in the summer a few times a month. I'm done for the year and overall I lost several hundred even with a few good trips that I came out hundreds ahead. It's very easy to spend far more than you expect and also much quicker than you expect.
I play the newer video slots usually min betting .30 or .40 per spin. I can play longer but you win less. It comes down to bankroll and how much you are willing to lose to win something. In the end a slot machine will take all your money you have doesn't matter how much you've won if you keep playing.
With respect to slot payback. Let's say a slot is set to 90% return. You have $10 and play .25 per spin. After 40 spins you will have run through $10. This would mean you should have $9 still left. Of course this is optimal and calculated over a very large number of spins. Usually you will have much less and much rarer you will have more.
DeleteSince machines are set to play so fast you can run through your sum many times in short order and with each time you lose a little more say another 10%. Newer games are sort of deceptive because you might bet .40 and win less than a min bet. So the game acts like you're winning but it's bleeding you. And since it plays fast you find yourself broke wondering where your 90% return is.
Just saying, have fun but never expect to win. Plus overall the payout is small vs the odds. I mean they put up pictures of people winning a few k and they are rare.
Very well said Jay ..I got a rye and coke once and burned a $100 off before my drink was finished..
Deletethanks for the input
ReplyDeleteI had to cash in $200 in scratch and misc. small lotto prizes today so I took them to Hanover racetrack and slots place because
ReplyDeleteI have had problems with smaller stores mainly macs milk not having enough money in the till to cover some prizes. .while at the slot place cashing my tickets I noticed 10 lucky lines..I've got mixed feelings on that game but couldn't resist and it turns out they had 38 tickets. .unbelievable because I gave up looking for them weeks ago, they're just not out there. .So I could easily resist going in and playing slots but couldn't resist buying all 38 tickets along with 10 money multiplier. .
my wife can't wait to get playing them..
The olg ladies at the race track slots were discussing last nights lotto max...it turns out the $50million ticket was sold in the Orillia area..that's a life changing prize..I only won 2 free plays on a $20 ticket. .
ReplyDeleteI hardly ever buy Lotto Max because of the odds but I bought one last week and won $20. This week I decided on Lottario and CFL. The 3 CFL were duds but there is always hope tonight!
DeleteYeah crazy odds on lotto max..but I don't think the winner in Orillia is complaining..lol..
Deletethey advertise I think 28 million to one..which isn't the full truth. .it's more like 3 chances in 85 million. .I usually play $5 every draw until it gets giving the bonus prizes then I go a bit more..and ive got $5 on lottario and $6 on the 649..good luck tonight Jay
Won $5 on Lottario and no winner so doubling down.
DeleteBought 4 money multipliers, won on 3 of them! Including a $50 win. Spent $20, won $65, profit of 45, pretty good. Went to 7 different stores tonight and couldn't find any.
ReplyDeleteHanover racetrack slots have plenty..my 10 money multiplier only returned $15 on 2 winning tickets. .I'd say you did well..congrats. .
ReplyDeleteNHL Lotto - Full Info:
ReplyDeleteNow that i know of this and for screwing us over with Lucky Lines, i am leaking the FULL details here on the new NHL Lotto game. Launching October 4th, is this new "watch + win" game. This game is similiar to the Wheel of Fortune game, in that, it's 2$ for each play. There is an instant win play with a nightly draw. The instant win part has a top prize of $15,000 and the nightly draw top prize is $100,000. The overall odds of winning any prize is 1 in 2.6. You watch the display screen as a player takes 3 shots on a goalie with prize targets on the net. Each prize target the player hits adds to the total instant prize. The targets are $2, $5, $10, $100 and $5000. The odds to win an instant prize are 1 in 3. The nightly draw game is 5 jersey numbers of 1 to 30 + one NHL team. You try to match a minimum of the team or 3 numbers, up to 5 numbers along with the NHL team to win $3, $4, $12, $100, $1000 or $100,000. The overall odds to win on the nightly draw are 1 in 18.3. You can play the game as a quick-pick or fill out a selection slip to choose your numbers and team. A free play coupon will be available at the games launch. I suppose the lotto terminal may be tied up by someone who's playing this game multiple times - lol. I wonder if this game is replacing the now poor peforming Megadice Lotto or just another game that's almost making lotto retailers into mini-casinos! 0_o
Overall kinda looks like a different style of wheel of fortune game ..I don't like any of those games,until poker lotto added the progressive allin jackpot I never played it either. .now I love that game..I expect I'll use the free play and likely avoid it as well..
DeleteWhere did you find this info?
DeleteI have a promotional pamphlet that is meant only for retailers - there is nothing online about this game as of yet
Deletewell lotto quebec has this same game thats been running for awhile. i would assume its the exact same thing
DeleteIt's close, but this is being done with a licensing agreement from the NHL and the nightly draw is different. The Quebec Lotto Hockey isn't currently available for reference. It's previous structure was a non descript player shoots 4 times at an empty net with 4 targets that are marked with prize amounts of $500, $50, $5 and $2. The nightly draw part of the game is a 7 digit number is drawn where you need to match a minimum of 3 numbers. The OLG version will show a goalie and a player in official NHL uniforms. The player gets 3 shots and the individual prize targets are $5000, $500, $10, $5 and $2. The nightly draw portion is an NHL team name along with 5 "jersey" numbers (1-30) with a top prize of $100,000. Matching the NHL team only wins $3 and matching 3 jersey numbers or more or along with the NHL team drawn wins greater prizes. This game is not official as of yet, so any details i state could possibly change before the game's launch.
Deleteoh lol, seems interesting.
DeleteThat i took a second look at it - it's not NHLPA endorsed - so it's not like it could be Phil Kessel popping up and he's shooting against Carey Price - tho, that would be friggin' cool - lol
DeleteMy find of 38 lucky lines results.
ReplyDeleteSpend $114
Win $74
13 winning tickets all small under $8
10 money multiplier return $15
$5 lottario return $0
$6 649 return $10
It appears money multiplier has an activation end date of aug 08..I never asked the retailer but it looks like it's already been shutdown" no more unopened packs activated"..or lucky lined..I hope im wrong about this. .
ReplyDeletesapphire 7 activation end aug 22
Classic gold activation end Aug 20
Prestige activation end Aug 29..
That's a lot of prizes out there with reduced floats except for sapphire and maybe classic gold..
2 of those games are Doug's top picks..and rate decent with cl66. .
Another conversation with olg today and yes money multiplier finished, as of aug 08 no more packs can be activated. .kinda glad I never put much into that game..
ReplyDeletesame old thing about lucky lines only now they say its 95% sold out..what a load of b.s.and have to
wait till dec 2016 for an accurate
audit of the game as the grand prize winners need time to cash their prizes. .lol.
Also today saw what I thought was a new ticket it was a gold coloured 100 million extravaganza..I googled it when I got home , turns out he's selling an expired game the prizes had to be claimed before April 28/14..and thats way expired..think I'll inform him tomorrow because thats either a mistake or dishonesty..and we all know how the olg promotes integrity , transparency, honesty , fair gaming and are out hang anyone doing something suspicious..
Current Scratch Tickets Estimated Odds 1/2
ReplyDelete$5000+
$10 WILD 10`S 1 in 9,547
89 x $10,000
$3 SCRABBLE 1 in 79,984
1 x $75,000 - 1 x $25,000 - 1 x $15,000 - 1 x $10,000 - 3 x $5,000
$5 JACK$ ARE WILD 1 in 101,029
2 x $100,000 -1 x $27,500 - 4 x $25,000 - 4 x $8,000 - 7 x $5,000
$5 MONEY MULTIPLIER 1 in 122,373
2 x $100,000
$10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 1 in 172,598
3 x $1,000,000 - 4 x $100,000 - 2 x $50,000 - 10 x $10,000
$3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 1 in 177,333
1 x $75,000 - 2 x $25,000 - 1 x $10,000
$10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 1 in 183,958
12 x $1,000,000 - 8 x $100,000 - 10 x $50,000 - 50 x $10,000
$10 CADILLAC RICHES 1 in 191,945
9 x $250,000 - 3 x $100,000 - 3 x $47,500 - 7 x $10,000 - 2 x $5,000
$3 KENO 1 in 199,889
2 x $50,000 - 10 x $5,000
$3 BINGO 1 in 227,090
7 x $50,000 - 7 x $25,000 - 4 x $10,000 - 3 x $5,050 - 5 x $5,000
$2 BLAZING 7`S 1 in 260,221
1 x $17,777
$3 CASHINGO 1 in 308,982
1 x $75,000 - 1 x $25,000
$20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 1 in 312,301
9 x $2,000,000 - 13 x $200,000 - 18 x $20,000
$5 WINNER TAKE ALL 1 in 340,864
2 x $100,000
$5 BLACK PEARLS 1 in 353,500
3 x $100,000 - 1 x $25,000
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 1 in 365,044
15 x $100,000 - 6 x $10,000
$2 ROYAL 7`S 1 in 377,424
6 x $17,777
$3 HORSESHOES 1 in 426,222
3 x $75,000 - 3 x $10,000
$1 CASH COW 1 in 426,870
4 x $10,000
$3 CROSSWORD (new) 1 in 454,076
11 x $50,000 - 10 x $25,000 - 11 x $10,000 - 9 x $5,000
$3 CROSSWORD 1 in 474,509
1 x $50,000 - 2 x $10,000 - 1 x $5,000
$4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 476,300
5 x $675,000 (1K$ WEEK LIFE) - 9 x $100,000 - 1 x $10,000
$10 CLASSIC GOLD 1 in 661,990
2 x $50,000
$2 CRAZY 8`S 1 in 930,000
1 x $28,888
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 1 in 964,268
1 x $100,000
$1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 1 in 1,042,500
2 x$10,000
$4 CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 2,352,270
1 x $675,000 (1K$ WEEK LIFE)
$1000+
$10 WILD 10`S 1 in 7,655
$10 CLASSIC GOLD 1 in 17,195
$2 BLAZING 7`S 1 in 17,348
$3 KENO 1 in 17,900
$10 CADILLAC RICHES 1 in 21,229
$5 WINNER TAKE ALL 1 in 21,991
$3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 1 in 25,333
$2 ROYAL 7`S 1 in 26,959
$20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 1 in 26,750
$5 JACK$ ARE WILD 1 in 35,657
$5 MONEY MULTIPLIER 1 in 48,949
$4 CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 50,048
$10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 1 in 69,774
$2 CRAZY 8`S 1 in 71,538
$3 SCRABBLE 1 in 79,984
$3 HORSESHOES 1 in 98,359
$4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 111,633
$10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 1 in 117,733
$3 BINGO 1 in 227,090
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 1 in 283,923
$3 CASHINGO 1 in 308,982
$5 BLACK PEARLS 1 in 353,500
$1 CASH COW 1 in 426,870
$3 CROSSWORD (new) 1 in 454,076
$3 CROSSWORD 1 in 474,509
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 1 in 964,268
$1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 1 in 1,042,500
Current Scratch Tickets Estimated Odds 2/2
ReplyDelete$250+
$5 WINNER TAKE ALL 1 in 2,612
$10 WILD 10`S 1 in 4,313
$5 MONEY MULTIPLIER 1 in 5,562
$10 CADILLAC RICHES 1 in 6,142
$3 CASHINGO 1 in 8,828
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 1 in 9,094
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 1 in 9,454
$20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 1 in 9,456
$10 CLASSIC GOLD 1 in 10,764
$5 JACK$ ARE WILD 1 in 13,673
$2 BLAZING 7`S 1 in 17,348
$3 KENO 1 in 17,900
$5 SAPPHIRE 7`S 1 in 22,384
$3 SCRABBLE 1 in 22,396
$4 CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 24,761
$3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 1 in 25,333
$2 ROYAL 7`S 1 in 26,959
$2 CRAZY 8`S 1 in 34,444
$10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 1 in 35,645
$4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 43,831
$10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 1 in 67,508
$3 HORSESHOES 1 in 98,359
$3 BINGO 1 in 227,090
$5 BLACK PEARLS 1 in 353,500
$1 CASH COW 1 in 426,870
$3 CROSSWORD (new) 1 in 454,076
$3 CROSSWORD 1 in 474,509
$1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 1 in 1,042,500
$50+
$20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 1 in 14
$10 CADILLAC RICHES 1 in 18
$10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 1 in 37
$10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 1 in 38
$10 CLASSIC GOLD 1 in 49
$10 WILD 10`S 1 in 66
$5 MONEY MULTIPLIER 1 in 178
$5 JACK$ ARE WILD 1 in 266
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 1 in 396
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 1 in 396
$5 SAPPHIRE 7`S 1 in 539
$5 WINNER TAKE ALL 1 in 609
$3 CROSSWORD 1 in 664
$3 CROSSWORD (new) 1 in 666
$3 BINGO 1 in 797
$3 CASHINGO 1 in 847
$2 CRAZY 8`S 1 in 1,101
$3 HORSESHOES 1 in 1,109
$3 SCRABBLE 1 in 1,176
$5 BLACK PEARLS 1 in 1,156
$4 CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 1,391
$2 BLAZING 7`S 1 in 1,414
$3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 1 in 1,442
$2 ROYAL 7`S 1 in 1,636
$4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 1 in 1,814
$1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 1 in 2,991
$3 KENO 1 in 6,135
$1 CASH COW 1 in 8,289
I don't see money multiplier listed under unclaimed any more...but they still have the game listed on the site..does that mean the top prizes were claimed?
ReplyDeleteAnd neither is the winner take all...
ReplyDeleteAnd neither is the winner take all...
ReplyDeleteWinner Take All is still there - there's 2 $100,000 prizes listed and an estimated 668,266 tickets remaining / 21% float - not a prime target to get pulled - Money Multiplier's float WAS at 9.5% / 245,000 tickets, so no surprise it appears pulled, taking along with it 2 unclaimed prizes of $100,000 to pad Uncle OLG's bottom line - seems we got "lucky lined" again 0_o
DeleteAs of last night they were still showing 2 grand prizes left on the OLG site. I had bought 4 Multi at a store in Scarborough earlier in the week, all lost. I went back to clean up the other 8 she had left and was told a woman had just grabbed them all a couple of hours earlier. She told me that all the prizes were gone and that's why they were pulled. She did a print out of unclaimed prizes and multi wasn't even listed. This is exactly the same thing that happened a couple of weeks ago at a different place when I asked about Lucky Lines. The retailers actually believe that the games are pulled only after the prizes are all gone. Thankfully I didn't get involved in the frenzy this time. Once bitten, twice shy. So I grabbed a Wild 10s and lost anyway.
ReplyDeleteToday I bought 5 CFL sequential numbers and won four times $12, $12, $4, $4. That would be great but the day before I bought 5 CFL and busted. Makes for a better average I guess.
ReplyDeleteCurrent Top Rated Games
ReplyDelete1 - $10 WILD 10`S 91/100
2 - $10 CADILLAC RICHES 84/100
3 - $5 JACK$ ARE WILD 73/100
4 - $20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 73/100
5 - $5 WINNER TAKE ALL 71/100
6 - $10 CLASSIC GOLD 66/100
7 - $10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 65/100
8 - $2 BLAZING 7`S 59/100
9 - $10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 57/100
10 - $3 SCRABBLE 56/100
11 - $5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 56/100
12 - $3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 55/100
13 - $3 KENO 55/100
14 - $3 CASHINGO 54/100
15 - $2 ROYAL 7`S 42/100
16 - $3 BINGO 42/100
17 - $5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 42/100
18 - $2 CRAZY 8`S 36/100
19 - $3 HORSESHOES 35/100
20 - $4 CASH FOR LIFE 34/100
21 - $5 SAPPHIRE 7`S 30/100
22 - $5 BLACK PEARLS 29/100
23 - $3 CROSSWORD (new) 26/100
24 - $4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 26/100
25 - $3 CROSSWORD 24/100
26 - $1 CASH COW 16/100
27 - $1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 5/100
Current Top Rated Games (by ticket price)
$20 200 MILLION $ EXTRAORDINAIRE 73/100
$10 WILD 10`S 91/100
$10 CADILLAC RICHES 84/100
$10 CLASSIC GOLD 66/100
$10 100 MILLION $ PRESTIGE 65/100
$10 100 MILLION $ FORTUNE 57/100
$5 JACK$ ARE WILD 73/100
$5 WINNER TAKE ALL 71/100
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER (new) 56/100
$5 CROSSWORD TRIPLER 42/100
$5 SAPPHIRE 7`S 30/100
$5 BLACK PEARLS 29/100
$4 CASH FOR LIFE 34/100
$4 BONUS CASH FOR LIFE 26/100
$3 SCRABBLE 56/100
$3 FRUIT EXPLOSION 55/100
$3 KENO 55/100
$3 CASHINGO 54/100
$3 BINGO 42/100
$3 HORSESHOES 35/100
$3 CROSSWORD (new) 26/100
$3 CROSSWORD 24/100
$2 BLAZING 7`S 59/100
$2 ROYAL 7`S 42/100
$2 CRAZY 8`S 36/100
$1 CASH COW 16/100
$1 LUCKY LINES EXPRESS 5/100
Wondering why bonus cfl rates worse than the older regular cfl ? They both have reduced floats but bonus has a lot more big prizes.
DeleteDarth - my ranking takes into account how well a tickets odds are amongst the 4 categories of $50+, $250+, $1000+ and $5000+ and compared then to all other tickets - B-CFL'S top prizes are definately attractive - but 15 prizes out of an estimated float of 7.15 million tickets gives crappy odds of 475,000:1 which ranks then as 22nd out of 27 games to win $5000+ - on the $1000+ scale CFL ranks 12th with odds of 50,000:1 while Bonus CFL ranks 17th with odds of 111,000:1, so CFL has a little more than twice the better odds there - with $250+, CFL ranks 15th with odds of 23,750:1 while B-CFL ranks 20th with odds of 43,500:1 - on $50+, CFL is 20th at 1375:1 while B-CFL is 24th out of 27 games at 1800:1 - CFL's estimated float is 1/3rd of what B-CFL is, so of course why it gives the better odds - the first impression of "wow, 5 shots at $675,000 for only 4$" reminds me of that saying "if it seems to good to be true, it probaly is" - the statiscal odds back this up - i DO play B-CFL once in awhile, just 1 ticket i`ll try, and i seem to have a hard enough time with it, just to fricken win $4 - lol
DeleteTy for updates and explanation cl66. .my luck on bonus cfl isn't very good lately as you can tell by my posts. .
DeleteNoticing money multiplier off your list already..kinda sad they olg took it off the list already. .
ReplyDelete..new game $5 cash in..release date Sept 29..
..8 bonus cfl played today for me.
Spend $32
Win $20
62%return 1 winning ticket.
Anyone who really likes the $10 prestige better get them now as that game also cancelled and no more packs can be activated ..lots of nice prizes left on that game also..
Keno guy made the list again today 10 seperate 2k prizes..nice..haven't seen him much lately. .
ReplyDeleteNever played Keno. Is there a particularly strategy to it? I've noticed the same gentleman has rather frequent wins with Keno.
DeleteI've played it occasionally with no mentionable wins ..keno guy uses a wheeling system you can Google it but if your numbers come in you get multiple winning tickets. .
Deletethe system requires a lot of money invested in every draw..and like most gambling the house wins in the end..
200 extrodinaire $2million prize today claimed in Toronto. .I believe that's 2 of them in Ontario. .nice
ReplyDeletejacks wild 100k went in Cambridge...
football's back..3 pro picks winners
133 k each..think I'll throw $5 on that next sunday also..
I have no skill in sports betting but i see some of those 6 figure pro pick payouts and think maybe I should try lol...
DeleteSometimes it doesn't matter on the pools you could toss a coin..or I read somewhere about a lady who knew nothing about football and just placed her $5 bet based on what team had the nicest jersey and won maybe 200k or better..
ReplyDeleteThe thing about the pools is that you have to get all the games right nowadays. It used to be when it started out that you can win with one game wrong. There's ppl out there that box games, which gives you both outcomes H or V for one game, but you pay to box. You can box up to 4 games per ticket, but that cost $80. You can box as many games after that, but then you have to fill out multiple cards after that as well and it cost twice as much for each additional game you box.
DeleteTo win a really big prize you have to pick the right upset and hope not many other ppl did the same thing.
Otherwise you can pick randomly and just be really lucky as well.
LN
Just noticed they pulled out money multiplier from instant list. Then saw the comments up there. There's a couple of stores in the town I work I have with some left. Don't know if I should bother at this point, but it would be nice to know if the grand prize was still out. Don't want to be lucky lined again.
ReplyDeleteHad a good run on tickets for a while. Seemed like whenever I played I would hit $10-$30 for each set of cards I played, with wild 10s, money multiplier, Jacks are wild and would just roll the winnings into more cards. Happened for about 5 times before I totally whiffed on $35 of tickets.
Poker lotto is up over 100k and lottario is up to $750k so I'll play those this week as well.
Good luck to all.
LN
Here's what Money Multiplier had to offer the last time it was listed on the unclaimed prizes page - an estiimated float of 9.5% / 244,746 remaining tickets - available $50+ prizes of 2 x $100,000 / 1 x $1,500 / 2 x $1,000 / 39 x $250 / 472 x $100 / 857 x $50 - very good odds of 1 in 122,373 to win one of the 2 top prizes of $100,000 which are what made it ranked highly - odds of 1 in 48,949 to win $1000 or more / odds of 1 in 5,562 to win $250 or more and 1 in 178 to win $50 or more - with just 5 tickets out of 245,000 worth more than $250, i would try ONE if i found them, but i would NOT go out of my way to try and find them or buy a bunch of them.
DeleteGreat. Thanks for your reply, I was hoping to see the stats last time they were posted! I'll play a few then. I doubt much ppl in the area are going after them anyways, so I'm sure I have a while to play.
DeleteLN
Your welcome - it sucks when you have no info about a ticket and your then in the dark on whether or not to even buy any at all - it`s easier to take a loss when you KNOW what your up against - i hope all of us here can continue to add insight with what we know or share on our results so we may all do better with our luck ^_^
Delete15 more bonus cfl
ReplyDeletespend $60
win $24
2 winner tickets 40% return.
3 prestige
Spend $30
Win $0 ....currently gagging...
also found 2 lucky lines 1 $10 winner..bad run of tickets again. .
I did my regular Poker Lotto try this morning, this time at 3 different places at a mall, since the jackpots still over 100k$ - i always play the same routine of ONLY 6$ on 2 lines with all-in and walk away win or lose - i don't know why, but if i get 1 line or 3 lines ticket, i lose almost every time, for some reason when i get 2 lines, i do well - first 2 places resulted in 1 free ticket each, but the last place resulted in 1 free ticket and a full house, so YOINKS! there's $150 - i have an assortment of scratch tickets i also picked up which i haven't yet gotten to - i hope "karma's" coming back for me and i MIGHT get a noticeable win from those! ^_^
ReplyDeleteCongrats too you..I love those instant wins..I've been playing between $9 and $12 the last bit since it climbed over 100k. .I've been playing free by hitting little prizes on the night draws and small instant prizes. .loving it. .
DeleteBonus cfl finally lost its second 100k prize.
ReplyDeletecrossword tripler (new) also lost 100k.
Cadillac I just realized it has 6. 6m tickets of which 4m are in Ontario. .we have 60% of the float in ont.
ReplyDeleteSo we should get 6 of the 10 grandprizes. There's one claimed does anyone know if it went to Ontario? ..I know we had a few maybe all the vehicle prizes so far..
I'm thinking of jumping on board with cl66 on this game as the odds are getting better for those 250k prizes..
I believe it did -- either Brantford or North York, I can't recall which. Anyways, good luck.
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