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GOLD Premium PlayGeorgia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Georgia Lottery
41
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5GeorgiaGame #1870GREEN
At a glance

The Georgia Lottery sells GOLD Premium Play as a $5 ticket. All 3 of the $500,000 top prizes have been claimed. The biggest prize still available is $1,000, with 104 left. Its expected return of $0.77 per $1 runs $0.04 ahead of the typical $5 ticket in Georgia. 53% of its winning tickets pay $5 or less, no more than the ticket cost. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 6% of prizes remain.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.41
Exp. Value
$0.77
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$500,000
Top Prizes Left
0 / 3
Prizes Remaining
6%
ValueScore™
41 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.77
→
AVERAGE
At 78th out of 199 Georgia scratch-offs, it neither stands out nor falls behind.
Why
→Only 0 of 3 top prizes remain, and the mid-tier pool has thinned out with them.
  • Winning tickets come up at a 29% clip (1 in 3.41), above the norm.
  • The prize pool gives back $0.77 of every $1, better than most games manage.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14
$500,000
0 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 1.6M
All claimed
$1,000
104 of 1,612 left
launch odds 1 in 2,994
now ~1 in 2,687
$500
127 of 2,617 left
launch odds 1 in 1,844
now ~1 in 2,200
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$500,0001 in 1,608,72230Claimed
$1,0001 in 2,9941,612104
6%
$5001 in 1,8442,617127
5%
$1001 in 6727,186269
4%
$751 in 1,0024,815147
3%
$501 in 20823,1721,007
4%
$251 in 11243,2212,351
5%
$201 in 5686,4103,606
4%
$151 in 30160,8386,657
4%
$101 in 30160,9768,489
5%
$71 in 27180,6198,965
5%
$5
Free ticket
1 in 10482,56035,373
7%
$51 in 18261,26914,841
6%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$18,473,358
Current Prize Pool
$885,240
Payout Percentage
4.8%
Total Prizes Remaining
81,936

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
4,826,166
Estimated Remaining
279,402
% Remaining
5.8%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

The last $500,000 top prize was reported claimed on May 21. 1 was left on March 8, when our records for it began.

10
March 8October 14
  • May 21, 20261 claimed · 0 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

41
VALUESCORE
Fair
41
out of 100
Expected Value
27/40
Prize Quality
0/25
Win Frequency
14/20
Inventory Health
0/15
Updated: 10/14/2026

Game Details

State
Georgia
Game Number
1870
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
11/18/2025
Payout %
76.6%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/14/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.41 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the GOLD Premium Play scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. GOLD Premium Play scores 41/100 (Fair) and is 16th of Georgia's 53 $5 tickets, in the top third. It pays back about $0.77 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the Georgia rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the GOLD Premium Play scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with GOLD Premium Play are 1 in 3.41. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for GOLD Premium Play?
The top prize for GOLD Premium Play is $500,000. All 3 top prizes have already been claimed. This game no longer has a top prize available, so you may want to consider a different game.
How many prizes are left in GOLD Premium Play?
Based on our latest data, 6% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 81,936 out of 1,415,298 total). The vast majority of prizes have been claimed. This game is close to being retired.

Every $5 ticket in Georgia

All 54 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
THE BIG $5 TICKET671 in 3.3373.0%$400K · 3 of 36.9%
LUCKY 7s601 in 2.9472.6%$478K · 2 of 32.0%
25Xtra571 in 3.4072.5%$500K · 2 of 32.9%
BULLDOG BUCKS541 in 3.4972.8%$300K · 1 of 34.1%
$5 BIG GEORGIA RAFFLE541 in 3.5973.0%$400K · 2 of 30.0%
Lucky ROLL511 in 3.4272.8%$400K · 2 of 40.4%
POWER 5s (Game #1664)481 in 3.4374.2%$500K · 1 of 30.0%
$500,000 JUMBO CASH471 in 3.2473.9%$500K · 1 of 30.0%
5 SPOT461 in 3.6772.8%$500K · 1 of 30.0%
GOLD Premium Play (this game)411 in 3.4176.6%$500K · 0 of 30.0%

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.