The Georgia Lottery sells FESTIVE $500s as a $5 ticket. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 5% of prizes remain. At a ValueScore of 29/100 (Below Avg), it is 43rd of the 53 active $5 games in Georgia. It has been on sale since October 2021.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Average win frequency: about a 26% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 3.79).
- Expected value of $0.73 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 505 | 11,633 | 198 | 2% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,195 | 4,922 | 98 | 2% |
| $50 | 1 in 856 | 6,871 | 129 | 2% |
| $30 | 1 in 571 | 10,289 | 204 | 2% |
| $25 | 1 in 120 | 48,923 | 1,129 | 2% |
| $20 | 1 in 40 | 146,886 | 3,676 | 3% |
| $15 | 1 in 60 | 97,932 | 2,955 | 3% |
| $10 | 1 in 17 | 342,709 | 10,753 | 3% |
| $8 | 1 in 20 | 293,757 | 17,416 | 6% |
| $5 Free ticket | 1 in 10 | 587,460 | 35,850 | 6% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 198 $500 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are 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 $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
- 1614
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 10/19/2021
- Payout %
- 72.5%
- 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% |
| FESTIVE $500s (this game) | 29 | 1 in 3.79 | 72.5% | $500 · 198 of 11,633 | 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.