$40,000 TAXES PAID is a $2 ticket from the Georgia Lottery. Its top prizes are holding up better than the rest of the game: 1 of 4 $56,940 prizes remains, while only 8% of all prizes are left. On ValueScore it earns 15/100 (Poor), good for 37th out of 48 $2 tickets in Georgia. It has been on sale since January 2022.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.8M at launch, about 1 in 597K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $56,940 prizes have been claimed.
- Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.
- A leaner 25% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 3.96), below most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $56,940 | 1 in 1,816,900 | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| $500 | 1 in 40,153 | 181 | 10 | 6% |
| $400 | 1 in 30,408 | 239 | 8 | 3% |
| $200 | 1 in 14,772 | 492 | 33 | 7% |
| $100 | 1 in 12,113 | 600 | 29 | 5% |
| $50 | 1 in 1,703 | 4,267 | 195 | 5% |
| $40 | 1 in 583 | 12,459 | 612 | 5% |
| $30 | 1 in 332 | 21,903 | 1,107 | 5% |
| $25 | 1 in 192 | 37,861 | 1,937 | 5% |
| $15 | 1 in 100 | 72,719 | 4,016 | 6% |
| $10 | 1 in 33 | 218,137 | 12,275 | 6% |
| $5 | 1 in 50 | 145,428 | 9,867 | 7% |
| $4 | 1 in 32 | 230,269 | 17,602 | 8% |
| $3 | 1 in 20 | 363,545 | 29,979 | 8% |
| $2 Free ticket | 1 in 10 | 727,149 | 73,077 | 10% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
The one $56,940 top prize left on April 24, when our records for it began, is still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Georgia's $2 games (0.5% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Georgia
- Game Number
- 1628
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 1/4/2022
- Payout %
- 71.2%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
Compare
Compare this game with another →Official Source
View on Georgia Lottery ↗Simulate This Game
Run a virtual scratch-off using this game's real odds.
Entertainment only. Outcomes are random and won't match a real session. Current-odds mode scales each tier by remaining prizes and tickets.
Frequently Asked Questions
Every $2 ticket in Georgia
All 49 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA$H Payout | 41 | 1 in 3.81 | 74.8% | $50K · 1 of 6 | 0.1% |
| JUMBO BREW BUCKS | 34 | 1 in 4.16 | 71.0% | $25K · 1 of 4 | 11.1% |
| FA$T MONEY | 33 | 1 in 4.22 | 71.3% | $20K · 4 of 7 | 4.6% |
| $2 CA$H | 32 | 1 in 4.32 | 72.5% | $50K · 2 of 8 | 0.0% |
| SPACE INVADERS CASH INVASION | 30 | 1 in 4.01 | 72.6% | $50K · 1 of 4 | 0.0% |
| 15Xtra | 27 | 1 in 4.04 | 71.6% | $30K · 1 of 5 | 2.4% |
| CA$HWORD VII | 26 | 1 in 4.14 | 71.6% | $30K · 1 of 2 | 0.0% |
| JUMBO BUCKS Classic | 26 | 1 in 4.21 | 73.0% | $50K · 38 of 276 | - |
| RACK UP! | 25 | 1 in 3.91 | 71.2% | $30K · 1 of 5 | 0.0% |
| $40,000 TAXES PAID (this game) | 15 | 1 in 3.96 | 71.2% | $57K · 1 of 4 | 0.0% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.