The Tetris State Lottery

Written by Jim Squires

Monday, 22 January 2007 07:35

I was in my local Shopper's Drug Mart the other day picking up hair detangler for my daughter and an pope-granted annulment for my wife when I noticed some familiar falling blocks on the counter. It turns out that the OLG (Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation for those of you living outside of my own personal Shangri-La) has released Tetris branded Scratch and Win tickets! I'm not a lottery person by nature - as a matter of fact, I'm the kind of guy who usually ridicules ticket buyers for their poor decision making skills. I have two casino's ten minutes from my front door, so if I'm going to gamble I'm going to play with the big boys at the $5 War table and drink free soda 'til my bladder explodes. Still - you can't see something like this and not grab at least one.

I'm going to scratch it shortly after this post goes up, so I'll make sure to update you on my misfortunes. In case you're interested in some other great video game scratchers, flickr has pictures of Pac-Man tickets from Arizona and Illinois, and you can see Pac-Man on a Michigan ticket here.

UPDATE: Fuck Tetris. The ticket was a loser, and so is Pajitnov. I want my three dollars back, you filthy red dog!

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written by XBLArcade, January 22, 2007

Don't know what Canada you live in, but the one I live in they are Provinces, not States.

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written by Jim Squires, January 22, 2007

It was just a play on words.. Down there, the OLG and similar organizations are usually "The Texas State Lottery," or "The Michigan State Lottery."

Hence, "The Tetris State Lottery."

Hope that helps!

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written by Kevin Alexander, January 22, 2007

NEVER blaspheem Tetris in ANY WAY in my presence Mr. Canuck....

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written by Jim Squires, January 22, 2007

hey hey hey! That's Mr.Squires nowadays Mr.Alexander.

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written by Kevin Alexander, January 22, 2007

My fault, Mr. Squires.

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written by Dr. Cossack, January 22, 2007

Loto-Quebec released the same ticket here last year. I won once out of three tickets, if I remember correctly. I wasn't expecting to make any money out of it, but I couldn't walk pass the fun of getting lottery tickets based on video games.

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written by Jim Squires, January 22, 2007

Very cool, Dr! If Loto-Quebec ever releases anything else gamey, let us know! smilies/cheesy.gif

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written by Curtio, February 21, 2007

VERY WIERD, I BOUGHT A TETRIS CARD, I STILL HAVE IT, I HAVE SCRATCHED IT AND I DO NOTTT HAVE A FULL LINE ACROSS AND STILL HAVE A WINNING CODE, HOW DOES THAT WORK?

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