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New Encore Winning Chances--i Like It

Ol' Sodomy Sam

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The new Encore looks horrible! The odds of winning go from 1 in 5 or so to 1 in 9 or so. You used to be able to get a free ticket with encore (so $3) for matching either of the first or last numbers. Now, the first number by itself is worth squat, and the last is only worth $2. Sure, like they say the odds of you winning at least $5 go up, but at the cost of giving up many $3 prizes, or getting $2 instead of $3?

Even their FAQ is a joke. 5. WHY DOES ENCORE NOW OFFER ONLY CASH PRIZES AND NO LONGER OFFERS FREE TICKETS AS A PRIZE?
Many players prefer a cash prize to a free ticket. Offering all prizes in cash also allows us to offer ENCORE on any new lottery games.

Most people I know play 6/49 every draw. Who plays it once, and is going to win $2 on the new Encore, and say "Yeah, give me the $2, I'm not going to play this week." Crap.

The only good thing about the new encore is that it won't appear when you don't play, so you won't have to worry about noticing you've lost out on $1 million because you didn't have an extra loonie in change.

No way I'm playing the new Encore.
 

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Ol' Sodomy Sam said:
Most people I know play 6/49 every draw. Who plays it once, and is going to win $2 on the new Encore, and say "Yeah, give me the $2, I'm not going to play this week." Crap.
No way I'm playing the new Encore.
The odds of getting a cash prize have improved -1:50 is not bad odds.
I am not a big fan of "Free" Tickets, that's why I don't play the current Encore. In the event you win, what you do with the cash is of course your own business :)
 

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JohnFK said:
All prizes are in cash but the website says 1 in 9.17 odds OVERALL. How do you get 1:50? And what do you mean by 'free'?
From olg.ca:
odds of winning a cash prize of $5 or more have improved to 1 in 50 from 1 in 100 with the previous game
The 'free" play under the current Encore is not free as you are paying at least $1 to win it..
 
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key26

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JohnFK said:
It was unscrupulous retailers that were scamming, not the OLG, as I understand it.
so how come all OLG employees will be BANNED from playing lotto this April ?
 

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i won't be playing encore once they move to the new system

don't like the idea of the odds of winning a prize getting worse....i have never one anything more than a free ticket on encore and under the new system....most of my wins would not be winners (matching the 1st number will be worthless)

bad idea OLG....bad idea :(
 

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NBAndes said:
i won't be playing encore once they move to the new system

don't like the idea of the odds of winning a prize getting worse....i have never one anything more than a free ticket on encore and under the new system....most of my wins would not be winners (matching the 1st number will be worthless)

bad idea OLG....bad idea :(
Since you don't pick your own Encore numbers you have to allow
time for the random process to work in your favour. In gambling,
past performance is never an accurate predictor of future performance.
Every Lottery draw is unique.
 

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NBAndes said:
i won't be playing encore once they move to the new system

don't like the idea of the odds of winning a prize getting worse....i have never one anything more than a free ticket on encore and under the new system....most of my wins would not be winners (matching the 1st number will be worthless)

bad idea OLG....bad idea :(

Not only does not matching the first number stop you from getting a free ticket, you have to remember that under the old structure a 649 or Super 7 ticket with a free ticket win on encore would result in a free 2.00 ticket with a 1.00 encore ticket for a total of 3.00.

My guess is that you are right and that the vast majority of encore wins are in the free play area and the Lottery has just given everyone a 33% haircut.


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