The Scratch-Off Jackpots Disappearing Fastest Right Now
If you are chasing a top prize, these are the games on the clock. Across our daily snapshot tracking, which has run continuously since March 6, 2026, nine scratch-off games still on sale had a grand prize claimed in the trailing 30 days. Two of them are now down to a single top prize and could be gone any day. The list below is sorted by how many jackpots walked out the door this past month, because that pace is the clearest signal of which prizes are actively being drained.
Top Prizes Claimed in the Last 30 Days (Games Still Live)
Each of these games remains on sale as of our latest snapshot. The final column is the one to read closely.
| Game | State | Price | Top Prize | Claimed (30d) | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Crossword | California | $10 | $750,000 | 7 | 16 |
| GUS | Pennsylvania | $5 | $100,000 | 4 | 13 |
| Red, White & Blue 7's | California | $5 | $250,000 | 3 | 7 |
| $1,000,000 Poker | California | $10 | $1,000,000 | 3 | 8 |
| $100,000 Cash Payday | North Carolina | $30 | $100,000 | 3 | 63 |
| $500,000 FRENZY | Massachusetts | $50 | $500,000 | 3 | 46 |
| Power 10's | California | $10 | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1 |
| Magnificent Jumbo Bucks | South Carolina | $20 | $2,500,000 | 2 | 1 |
| $500,000 CASH BLOWOUT! | Florida | $50 | $500,000 | 2 | 53 |
Two Games Down to Their Last Top Prize
Power 10's in California is a $10 game with a $1,000,000 top prize, and after 2 claims in the last 30 days it has exactly 1 grand prize left. Magnificent Jumbo Bucks in South Carolina, a $20 game with a $2,500,000 top prize, is in the same spot: 2 recently claimed and a single jackpot remaining. When a game is down to its last top prize, the chase becomes binary. Either you are the ticket that hits it or the prize is gone and you are playing for the lower tiers without knowing it.
This is exactly the situation we wrote about in why scratch-off games keep selling after the top prize is gone. A game does not get pulled from shelves the moment its last jackpot is claimed, so a ticket that looks identical to the one sold a week ago can be playing for a meaningfully smaller prize pool. Checking the remaining count is the only way to tell the difference.
Pace Is Not the Same as Odds
It is tempting to read a high 30-day claim count as a sign that a game is hot. It is not. Mystery Crossword led the list with 7 top prizes claimed, and it still has the largest cushion of remaining jackpots on the board at 16. By contrast, $100,000 Cash Payday in North Carolina had only 3 claims yet sits on 63 unclaimed top prizes, which tells you it is a deeper game that is still early in its run.
Claim pace measures momentum, not value. A game can shed jackpots quickly simply because it sells a lot of tickets, and selling a lot of tickets does not improve the underlying math for any single buyer. The reason we track snapshots daily is to separate the two: how fast prizes are leaving versus how many are still there to be won. For the full picture on how we weigh remaining prizes against price and odds, see our explainer on how ScratchCheck ranks scratch-offs.
Reading the List Before You Buy
California shows up four times on this list, which is partly a function of how much data the state publishes and how many large games it runs at once. If you are in the state, the live remaining counts for every game sit on the California top prizes remaining page. South Carolina players watching Magnificent Jumbo Bucks can track its single remaining jackpot, and everything else in the state, on the South Carolina top prizes remaining page.
None of this changes the basic arithmetic of a scratch-off. These games are negative expected value, and a disappearing jackpot does not flip that. What the data does give you is a clearer read on which top-prize chases are nearly over and which still have room to run. If a single remaining jackpot is the whole reason you are buying, that is the number to confirm first, because by the time you read this it may already be one lower.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which scratch-off games are closest to running out of top prizes?
Among games still on sale, Power 10's in California ($10, $1,000,000 top prize) and Magnificent Jumbo Bucks in South Carolina ($20, $2,500,000 top prize) are each down to a single remaining top prize after 2 claims apiece in the last 30 days.
Does a high number of recent top-prize claims mean a game is a good bet?
No. Claim pace measures momentum, not value. Mystery Crossword led with 7 claims in 30 days but still has 16 top prizes left, while $100,000 Cash Payday had only 3 claims and sits on 63. A fast pace usually just means high ticket volume, which does not improve the odds for any single buyer.
Why do these games stay on sale after most top prizes are claimed?
Lottery games are not pulled the moment the last jackpot is claimed, so a ticket can be sold while playing for a much smaller remaining pool. That is why checking the live remaining count before buying matters more than the claim count.
Jessie Jurado covers consumer lottery topics with a focus on odds, value, and the math most players never see. She believes nobody should buy a scratch ticket without knowing what they're actually getting for their money.
