Ontario Lottery launches a new type of instant ticket

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winterhug — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:22:50 GMT

This game sounds like Fast Play draw tickets here in the states. Buy the instant draw ticket from the lottery kiosk and scan it to see if it is a winner, no scratching involved.

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Sum Buddy — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 20:56:22 GMT

The overall odds of winning any instant prize in the game are 1 in 3.19 , while the odds of winning one of the $100,000 top prize are 1 in 20,000.

It's all about the odds. Florida Lottery's $20 Triple Match scratch-off offers 1 in 2.85 of winning any prize (a little better than the Ontario game,) but odds of 1 in 888,166 of winning $100,000 , much worse than the Ontario game.

At the $30 level (since Florida has no $25 scratchers) odds of winning any prize is 1 in 2.93 (also better than... [ More ]

Comment #3

Wavepack — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 03:54:05 GMT

So it's no different than a regular scratcher, and there's nothing new here.

No mention of the payout percentage, which is very useful to know. As important as ticket cost

Comment #2

cottoneyedjoe — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 23:41:06 GMT

The instant part of this scheme is a scratch off, according to the article. Scratch offs are already printed.

Comment #1

Wavepack — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:31:47 GMT

The way that reads, it seems like there is a vulnerability introduced:

If you can find out the winning numbers (since they were already drawn), hack a lotto ticket machine to print out a winning ticket.

Also, if a player can immediately, after purchase, scan the ticket to see if it is a winner, it seems much like an instant draw game. I've never played an instant draw game because its a computer draw.

Ontario Lottery launches a new type of instant ticket

Lottery Post — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 13:00:52 GMT

Canadian lottery combines draw game and scratch-off tickets to make something different

By Kate Northrop

The Ontario Lottery (OLG) launched a new type of instant draw game, in which the draw has already been conducted and players must go on the hunt to find one of the winning tickets.

Ontario lottery players now have access to a type of instant game that is being promoted as first-of-its-kind for the way it incorporates both a draw game and scratch-off ticket.

On Tuesday, OLG ann... [ More ]