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Isn't Ontario 49 always worse than Daily Grand? [closed]

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Closed as unclear by Peter Taylor‭ on Mar 23, 2023 at 13:57

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The table above fails to disclose that Daily Grand's top prize is

Annuity of $1,000 a day* for life or a single lump sum cash payment of $7,000,000 [emphasis mine].

Doesn't Daily Grand's

  • more moneyed lump sum ($7M > Ontario 49's \$2M),

  • and higher probability ($\color{red}{\dfrac {1}{13, 348, 188}} > \color{darkorange}{\dfrac{1}{13, 983, 816}}$)

prove that Daily Grand's always better than Ontario 49?

Have I overlooked any reason to play Ontario 49, rather than Daily Grand?

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