COLD HARD CASH is one of the Georgia Lottery's $5 games. Its top prizes are holding up better than the rest of the game: 1 of 3 $300,000 prizes remains, while only 5% of all prizes are left. 56% of its winning tickets pay $5 or less, no more than the ticket cost.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.6M at launch, about 1 in 263K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $300,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Expected value of $0.73 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
- Win rate is typical, around 28% per ticket (1 in 3.63).
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $300,000 | 1 in 1,633,789 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $500 | 1 in 701 | 6,992 | 326 | 5% |
| $200 | 1 in 549 | 8,935 | 406 | 5% |
| $100 | 1 in 571 | 8,589 | 465 | 5% |
| $50 | 1 in 439 | 11,176 | 405 | 4% |
| $25 | 1 in 218 | 22,474 | 779 | 3% |
| $20 | 1 in 178 | 27,542 | 1,106 | 4% |
| $15 | 1 in 30 | 163,057 | 5,902 | 4% |
| $10 | 1 in 30 | 163,218 | 7,142 | 4% |
| $7 | 1 in 27 | 183,662 | 8,668 | 5% |
| $5 Free ticket | 1 in 10 | 489,443 | 34,762 | 7% |
| $5 | 1 in 18 | 265,148 | 12,555 | 5% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 8, when our records for it began, 2 $300,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on April 30.
- April 30, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- April 24, 20261 claimed · 2 left
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 $5 games (0.4% 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
- 1882
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 1/20/2026
- Payout %
- 72.8%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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Every $5 ticket in Georgia
All 54 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE BIG $5 TICKET | 67 | 1 in 3.33 | 73.0% | $400K · 3 of 3 | 6.9% |
| LUCKY 7s | 60 | 1 in 2.94 | 72.6% | $478K · 2 of 3 | 2.0% |
| 25Xtra | 57 | 1 in 3.40 | 72.5% | $500K · 2 of 3 | 2.9% |
| BULLDOG BUCKS | 54 | 1 in 3.49 | 72.8% | $300K · 1 of 3 | 4.1% |
| $5 BIG GEORGIA RAFFLE | 54 | 1 in 3.59 | 73.0% | $400K · 2 of 3 | 0.0% |
| Lucky ROLL | 51 | 1 in 3.42 | 72.8% | $400K · 2 of 4 | 0.4% |
| POWER 5s (Game #1664) | 48 | 1 in 3.43 | 74.2% | $500K · 1 of 3 | 0.0% |
| $500,000 JUMBO CASH | 47 | 1 in 3.24 | 73.9% | $500K · 1 of 3 | 0.0% |
| 5 SPOT | 46 | 1 in 3.67 | 72.8% | $500K · 1 of 3 | 0.0% |
| COLD HARD CASH (this game) | 34 | 1 in 3.63 | 72.8% | $300K · 1 of 3 | 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.