Maryland launched four scratch-offs at once, and the $30 one debuts at the top of the state

The Maryland Lottery launched four scratch-offs on sale on September 18, one at $30, one at $10, and two at $5. The $30 game arrives as the best-rated ticket in the state, and none of the four new games carry a top prize above $50,000.

30X Cash

This one debuts at 94.9, ahead of every other active Maryland game. The state's next-best is $5,000 Large at 91.7, and the average across all 92 active games is 48.9.

The score comes from a 78.9% payout, 1 in 2.83 odds, and a full prize inventory on day one. The prize table has no million-dollar line. Instead there are 320 prizes of $30,000 and 40 of $5,000 in a print run of about 2.16 million tickets. That makes a $30,000 hit a 1 in 6,747 shot, which is short enough that the game does not need a jackpot line to rate well.

All 762,916 winning tickets printed pay at least $30. About 35% of the run is a winner at or above the price.

10X Cash

The $10 companion game rates 74.9 on a 75.1% payout, right at the Maryland average for $10 tickets. It has 134 top prizes of $10,000 across roughly 3.16 million tickets, or 1 in 23,610.

Its prize table is thin in the middle. There are 134 prizes at $10,000 and 43 at $1,000, then nothing until $500. Most of the money sits at $50 and below, where 876,779 of its 909,126 winners land.

Deluxe Crossword

The better of the two $5 games at 72.7, with a 71.5% payout and eight top prizes of $50,000 in about 3.88 million tickets. That is 1 in 485,575 for the top prize.

Crossword games spread prizes across more levels than most, and this one has 13 of them, including odd sizes at $90, $75, and $15. The spread is why it edges out its stablemate, Hello Money!, despite a slightly lower payout, 71.5% against 72.0%.

Hello Money!

The weakest of the four at 65.7, on 72.0% payout and the longest odds of the group at 1 in 3.95. It has seven $50,000 top prizes in about 4.13 million tickets, or 1 in 590,026.

Its prize table is the most bottom-heavy of the four. Of its 1,045,616 winning tickets, 824,740 pay exactly $10. That is 79% of all winners returning $5 in profit on a $5 ticket, and it is the main reason the game scores nearly 30 points behind 30X Cash.

The four new games follow Maryland's price curve exactly

Payout in Maryland climbs with ticket price, and these four land almost on the line.

A player moving from $5 to $30 in Maryland picks up about seven points of payout, the same pattern we found across the country and broke down by price point. Current rankings for all 92 Maryland games are on the Maryland state page and our best value list.

Sources

Maryland Lottery: Scratch-off games

Maryland Lottery: Unclaimed scratch-off prizes