Fruit Explosion #1866 Takes Top Spot

The previous top rated game, Keno, stumbled when it lost one of its three remaining Grand Prizes. Regardless of the loss, the game remains well rated. Ascending to the top of the list is Fruit Explosion. The game has one of its three Grand Prizes left but only an estimated 11% of its float left to sell. Its positive prize ratio of 2.39 is the best of any game and is the game of choice as a result.

The game offers a generous 9.4% of its revenue to prize winners of more than $30 but less than the Grand Prize of $75,000. One aspect of the game that I don't like is the 14.6% of revenue that is returned to winners of $3. I prefer games where that number is down around 10 or 11 percent.

Complete Rankings of All Current Games

1	$3.00	Fruit Explosion	1866
2	$3.00	Keno	1417
3	$3.00	PacMan Slots	1867
4	$30.00	250M Golden	1782
5	$3.00	Keno	1418
6	$3.00	More Lucky Lines	1836
7	$10.00	Platinum	1888
8	$5.00	High Roller	1874
9	$5.00	Cross Tripler	1872
10	$3.00	Bingo	3016
11	$5.00	Money Mult	1845
12	$10.00	Wild 10's	1842
13	$2.00	Double Dollar	1837
14	$3.00	Bingo	3020
15	$3.00	Cash Card	1876
16	$5.00	Triple Crown	1882
17	$20.00	Extreme	1780
18	$10.00	Diamond	1781
19	$1.00	Bacon Bits	1860
20	$4.00	Cash For Life	1171
21	$10.00	Mega Money	1878
22	$2.00	Lucky Dog	1859
23	$2.00	Walking Dead	1877
24	$5.00	Black Pearls	1880
25	$5.00	7 11 21	1868
26	$5.00	Bingo Doubler	1850
27	$3.00	Bingo	3019
28	$3.00	QFG Crossword	3213
29	$1.00	Hit 100	1849
30	$5.00	Cross Tripler	1846
31	$1.00	Lucky Lines	1826

Comings and Goings

Golden 7's was retired this past week which is too bad as it still offered 2 of its 4 Grand Prizes and only 17% of its float remained. Still, there's only so much room for $1 and $2 games and there was a new one on tap. 

New to the list is the new $2 game Lucky Dog. It rates poorly. Triple Crown represents part of the OLG's attempt to promote Horse Racing. I guess I'll have to buy some seeing as I'm a racing fan but I encourage the OLG to come up with something where the proceeds are fenced to go to racing. As it stands, this is just a scratch game like any other. All proceeds go into the big pot. 

Cash Card is the other new game and I rank it ahead of Triple Crown even though it is a $3 game. We'll see how it progresses. 

Personal Play

20 Keno tickets returned $44 and three Triple Crown tickets returned zero. 

Post Script

An article that I found to be irritating 

http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/6551727-olg-betting-on-horse-themed-lotteries-to-boost-interest-in-horse-racing-innisfil-council-told/ . I would like to ask Tony Bitonti what he knows about Horse Racing. Has he ever heard of Northern Dancer or Dance Smartly? I will never understand how we have arrived at a point where scratch tickets are used to promote the brand of Horse Racing. One is the Sport of Kings, the other is a little bit of amusement during one's commute home. 

A reminder that the lock out at Rideau Carlton is still going on, http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/news-story/6551806-olg-rep-says-injunction-aimed-at-restoring-safe-picket-line-practices/ . Such situations are difficult all around. I would advise the OLG not to make any public comments other than statements of fact. Telling me that you had to lock the employees out to ensure my safety in the slot palace is ridiculous. 

I draw readers attention to a comment on the last update from Bunjoi that included links details about the frequency of numbers drawn. Interesting. 

Doug