20X Lucky no sooner reached the top when it lost a Grand Prize to a lucky winner in North York thereby knocking it down the list a few notches. In its place, Bonus Cash For Life resumes its reign although it is quite unlikely that you'll find any of those tickets for sale anywhere. The game was deactivated on February 27 and an estimated 8% of the float is all that is left for sale. If you find any, check with the retailer before you buy as only one of its Grand Prizes are left to be claimed. You currently have one chance in 830,000 to win $1,350,000 for your $4 investment.
Finally some good luck to report:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yvqxr3qgot3oswa/Classic%20Ruby.jpg?dl=0
This winning ticket along with a $15 winner on 20X Lucky doubled my weekly investment and increased my Return on Investment from 41% to 56%. One more good week and I'll be back to the area of expected results.
Last week I posted a link to a web site that purports to allow people, including Canadians, to participate in the jumbo US Lotteries like Powerball. I poked around the site and asked Mr. Google what he knew about it. The company is legitimate and operates legally in California.
The idea is that you sign up as a member of a group. You pay via credit card for every four plays. The cost varies depending upon the games you want to play. You then submit a set of numbers. If your numbers win you receive 50% of the prize that you won. Five percent of what ever you win goes to the person whose group you have joined. A further five shares of 5% each are credited to the accounts of five random members. That totals 80% of your winnings. The web site is silent but one assumes that the remaining 20% is the profit for the site operators.
So, what we have here is a bit of a pyramid scheme much like Mary Kay or Herbalife. If you sign up people, they join your group and you get 5% of their winnings. You are then encouraged to sign people up to your group so you can get 5% of their winnings. Of course, 5% of that 5% goes to the person whose group you joined.
An article written about the site quoted a California State Lottery official who did not actively say that people should not join the web site. What he did say is that it is always recommended to actually have your lottery tickets in your hand. Exactly. The web site buys the tickets, cashes the tickets, and distributes the winnings. Lets suppose that your ticket won the Powerball lottery and $100 million. What is to stop the operators from cashing the ticket, closing down the web site, and skedaddling out of town.
My advice is not to participate for the following three reasons:
If you disagree, post your views.
The Living the Life Lottery draw is only a week away and ticket sales must be slumping as retailers are actually pushing the game. It might not be an altogether bad idea to buy another ticket.
Best.
Doug
Top Rated Games
- $4 Bonus Cash For Life #1168 - Good luck finding any.
- $10 Classic Ruby #1792 - Strong rating on both factors. $10 price tag is steep.
- $3 QFG Crossword #3208 - Only 26 million tickets left. Get em while they're hot.
- $3 Crossword #3207 - another game that will be hard to find.
- $5 20X Lucky #1808 - took a hit but has a chance to return.
Games to Avoid
- $4 Double Cash For Life #1170 - Lucky player in Shanty Bay knocked down a GP.
- $2 Black Jack #1804 - worst ratio of top prizes to top prize $ left to claim of any game.
- $10 Bejeweled #1786 - low ratings on both factors.
- $3 Scrabble #1821 - devoid of Grand Prizes
- $5 Hit Jack Pot #1818 - presently in official "dog" status.
Games With the Highest $ Of Remaining Tickets Going to Its Grand Prizes
- Bonus CFL
- Dbl CFL
- Bejeweled
- Fortune
- 20 Lucky
Games With All Grand Prizes Claimed
- Words With Friends
- Scrabble
- Black Jack
Comings and Goings
An odd ball situation: nothing to report. Spring cleaning must be coming soon. With any luck Extraordinary will be deep sixedPersonal Play
Finally some good luck to report:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yvqxr3qgot3oswa/Classic%20Ruby.jpg?dl=0
This winning ticket along with a $15 winner on 20X Lucky doubled my weekly investment and increased my Return on Investment from 41% to 56%. One more good week and I'll be back to the area of expected results.
In Conclusion
Last week I posted a link to a web site that purports to allow people, including Canadians, to participate in the jumbo US Lotteries like Powerball. I poked around the site and asked Mr. Google what he knew about it. The company is legitimate and operates legally in California.
The idea is that you sign up as a member of a group. You pay via credit card for every four plays. The cost varies depending upon the games you want to play. You then submit a set of numbers. If your numbers win you receive 50% of the prize that you won. Five percent of what ever you win goes to the person whose group you have joined. A further five shares of 5% each are credited to the accounts of five random members. That totals 80% of your winnings. The web site is silent but one assumes that the remaining 20% is the profit for the site operators.
So, what we have here is a bit of a pyramid scheme much like Mary Kay or Herbalife. If you sign up people, they join your group and you get 5% of their winnings. You are then encouraged to sign people up to your group so you can get 5% of their winnings. Of course, 5% of that 5% goes to the person whose group you joined.
An article written about the site quoted a California State Lottery official who did not actively say that people should not join the web site. What he did say is that it is always recommended to actually have your lottery tickets in your hand. Exactly. The web site buys the tickets, cashes the tickets, and distributes the winnings. Lets suppose that your ticket won the Powerball lottery and $100 million. What is to stop the operators from cashing the ticket, closing down the web site, and skedaddling out of town.
My advice is not to participate for the following three reasons:
- Its hard enough to win without only getting 50% of whatever I win.
- I don't like pyramid schemes.
- I'm not 100% sure that I'd ever get my money if I was to win a jackpot.
If you disagree, post your views.
The Living the Life Lottery draw is only a week away and ticket sales must be slumping as retailers are actually pushing the game. It might not be an altogether bad idea to buy another ticket.
Best.
Doug
