Cash Card #1876 Jumps To The Top

There has been a real shakeup at the top of the standings. There were five different games that lost 2 Grand Prizes since the last update effectively knocking those games down the list. Those games were: Sweet Cash, Cash For Life, Bingo Doubler, Cross Tripler, and Diamond.

The new top rated game only has 16% of its float left to sell which means that they will become tough to find beginning very soon. The game has one - $75,000 Grand Prize left to be claimed. There are roughly 490,000 tickets left to be sold. There is also one $25,000 second prize and one $10,000 third prize left to be claimed. $0.051 of every dollar spent on the game will go to the Grand Prize winner which is very high for a $3 game.

After a long period of $3 games being highly rated it looks like it will be a while before another one reaches the top five. Also of note is the second rated game, Ruby 7's. This game is the fastest selling game currently for sale.

Rank	Cost	Game	#	Score
1	$3.00	Cash Card	1876	604.4
2	$5.00	Ruby 7's	1885	587.1
3	$10.00	Platinum	1888	573.8
4	$3.00	Keno	1418	563.4
5	$3.00	More Lucky Lines	1836	553.1
6	$10.00	Lucky Aces	1856	549.7
7	$5.00	Cross Tripler	1872	529.1
8	$5.00	High Roller	1874	523.4
9	$30.00	250M Golden	1782	507.2
10	$5.00	Cross Tripler	1879	499.9
11	$3.00	Crossword	1866	498.3
12	$5.00	Wild Card	1893	497.7
13	$20.00	Extreme	1780	496.8
14	$5.00	Bingo Doubler	1873	484.0
15	$5.00	Black Pearls	1880	476.3
16	$5.00	Triple Crown	1882	475.0
17	$3.00	Scrabble	1883	474.3
18	$1.00	Donut Dollars	1869	472.6
19	$2.00	Sushi Bar	1870	472.2
20	$3.00	Bingo	3020	464.8
21	$1.00	Bacon Bits	1860	463.0
22	$4.00	Cash For Life	1171	459.8
23	$2.00	Double Dollar	1837	459.1
24	$10.00	Diamond	1781	458.0
25	$2.00	Lucky Dog	1859	455.1
26	$3.00	Sweet Cash	1886	455.2
27	$3.00	QFG Crossword	3213	385.7

Comings and Goings

Four games have been retired since the last update and none of them will be missed. Those games are: Bingo Doubler, Pac Man Slots, Walking Dead and Hit 100. 

New to the scene are: $1 Donut Dollars, $5 Cross Tripler and $5 Wild Card. Of note is that Donut Dollars begins life as the best $1 or $2 game for sale. That's good news for players who like inexpensive games. 

Personal Play

Three Cash for Life tickets returned nothing, 3 Keno tickets contained 2 winners, each for $5, and three Sweet Cash tickets contained one winner of $3. 

Post Script

Randy was certainly correct in his forecast of the demise of Cash For Life after it surrendered two Grand Prizes: it fell out of the top five all the way down to 22nd. 

Here is an article from Rabble.ca on the subject of the OLG and, more specifically, the Ontario Government : http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/michael-laxer/2016/06/ontario-governments-grotesque-lottery-addiction . It's interesting but one has to remember that a site like Rabble makes no apology for its politics. It's a good counterbalance to the Fraser Institute. 

Good luck to all. 

Doug

Keno #1418 Remains On Top

Keno remains the top rated game with all five of its Grand Prizes left to be claimed and almost 40% of its float already sold. Your chances to win one are now 600,000:1. The game also offers the second best Small Prize Return Rate of all games currently for sale. On the downside, your chances to win on of its Top Prizes are 6,800:1 which is poor. This is the result of only .7% of the game's revenue being allocated to prizes of more that $30 and less than the $50,000 Grand Prize.

We are also seeing some changes in the other top rated games with Cash For Life sneaking its way up the list and a couple of $10 games lumbering up the list as well.

Complete Rating List Of Games 

Rank	Cost	Game	#	Score
1	$3.00	Keno	1418	522.7
2	$3.00	Cash Card	1876	503.4
3	$4.00	Cash For Life	1171	498.9
4	$10.00	Platinum	1888	495.4
5	$3.00	More Lucky Lines	1836	482.8
6	$10.00	Lucky Aces	1856	482.3
7	$5.00	Cross Tripler	1872	476.9
8	$5.00	High Roller	1874	455.6
9	$10.00	Diamond	1781	446.3
10	$30.00	250M Golden	1782	444.3
11	$5.00	Triple Crown	1882	436.8
12	$3.00	Sweet Cash	1886	434.9
13	$5.00	Ruby 7's	1885	434.9
14	$5.00	Bingo Doubler	1873	432.0
15	$20.00	Extreme	1780	430.7
16	$3.00	Crossword	1866	430.2
17	$2.00	Lucky Dog	1859	418.5
18	$3.00	Scrabble	1883	414.8
19	$2.00	Sushi Bar	1870	410.3
20	$3.00	Bingo	3020	402.0
21	$5.00	Black Pearls	1880	399.1
22	$1.00	Bacon Bits	1860	395.8
23	$3.00	PacMan Slots	1867	394.5
24	$2.00	Double Dollar	1837	392.0
25	$5.00	Bingo Doubler	1850	376.4
26	$1.00	Hit 100	1849	373.1
27	$3.00	QFG Crossword	3213	340.4
28	$2.00	Walking Dead	1877	288.2

Comings and Goings

Mega Money, 7-11-21, and Keno were all retired since the last update. Of those games, I'm sad to see Keno 1417 go as it was the top rated game. In total, 3 Grand Prizes totaling $200,000 were scooped by the OLG to help their bottom line. 

New for play are $2 Sushi Bar and $3 Sweet Cash. Of the two, Sweet Cash begins its run rated 12th of the 28 current games. It could move up from there. I hope that you don't like Sushi as that game needs a lot of help to ever be playable. 

Personal Play

One Platinum ticket was a loser and three Triple Crown tickets contained one winner of $5. As a horse player, I played that game leading up to the Queen's Plate but I'm afraid that it will have to fend for itself from here on in. 

Post Script

I am following the progress of the possible casino in North Bay closely. Here is an update: http://bit.ly/29Nbh2s . As their city council grapples with groups opposed to having a casino, the potential operators would like to build it at the downtown waterfront area. No surprise there. It will be interesting to see how it all unfolds.

The OLG has stated their desire to attract more millennials to their games. It's my view that that is an impossible task but here is an article from the NY Times on how that might be accomplished:  http://bit.ly/29GoStb . I'm still not sold but maybe they're on to something.

I hope that everyone is enjoying their summer. 

Doug