HIT $500! is a $5 ticket from the Georgia Lottery. Only 3% of its prizes are still unclaimed. On ValueScore it earns 12/100 (Poor), good for 50th out of 53 $5 tickets in Georgia. Its overall odds of 1 in 4.40 trail the 1 in 3.60 typical of Georgia's $5 games. It has been on sale since February 2018.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- At 1 in 4.40, winning tickets turn up less often than usual.
- $0.72 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 452 | 127,997 | 1,123 | 1% |
| $100 | 1 in 600 | 96,494 | 838 | 1% |
| $50 | 1 in 150 | 386,930 | 5,260 | 1% |
| $25 | 1 in 60 | 964,807 | 37,477 | 4% |
| $15 | 1 in 60 | 965,089 | 39,961 | 4% |
| $10 | 1 in 12 | 4,824,817 | 85,040 | 2% |
| $5 Free ticket | 1 in 10 | 5,789,816 | 269,811 | 5% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 1,123 $500 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
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
- 1426
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 2/14/2018
- Payout %
- 72.1%
- 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% |
| HIT $500! (this game) | 12 | 1 in 4.40 | 72.1% | $500 · 1,123 of 127,997 | - |
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.