I have gone way more than 17 plays at times without winning, 35 plays or even up in the 60's I think. But then I sometimes win with hardly any plays. You are right, it does take time. You can set it so that you can just play without watching the game - you go the account page to do it, and that makes it a bit faster. But yes even then it still does take time....send me your codes, I'll play them if you don't want to!