Hit $500Georgia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Name: Hit $500 Odds & Prize Data
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VALUESCORE

Fair

$10GeorgiaGame #1893GREEN

At a glance

Hit $500 is one of the Georgia Lottery's $10 games. Free tickets make up 35% of its winners. It pays back about $0.77 per $1 on average, in line with Georgia's other $10 games.

Overall Odds

1 in 3.51

Exp. Value

$0.77

per $1 spent

Top Prize

$500

Top Prizes Left

5,272 / 17,719

Prizes Remaining

31%

ValueScore™

57 / 100

Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:

$0.77

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AVERAGE

At #43 of 202 in Georgia, better than about 79% of the state's games, it neither stands out nor falls behind.

Why

→Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.

This game is partway played through, with a fair share of prizes remaining.
At 1 in 3.51 overall odds, prizes land more often than in most games.

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Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19

$500

5,272 of 17,719 left

launch odds 1 in 276

now ~1 in 290

$200

2,060 of 6,911 left

launch odds 1 in 709

now ~1 in 742

$100

8,981 of 29,935 left

launch odds 1 in 164

now ~1 in 170

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

Prize	Odds	Total	Left	Status
$500	1 in 276	17,719	5,272	30%
$200	1 in 709	6,911	2,060	30%
$100	1 in 164	29,935	8,981	30%
$50	1 in 140	34,863	10,451	30%
$30	1 in 30	163,157	49,359	30%
$20	1 in 8	652,838	203,419	31%
$10 Free ticket	1 in 10	489,639	155,700	32%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch

$37,826,210

Current Prize Pool

$11,574,800

Payout Percentage

30.6%

Total Prizes Remaining

435,242

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed

4,896,668

Estimated Remaining

1,527,700

% Remaining

31.2%

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

Since its launch on April 24, 11,843 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 5,272. The most recent was on October 19.

17,1151,719

17,115

16,263

14,476

13,159

11,986

10,998

10,146

9,315

8,642

7,968

7,334

6,745

6,275

5,689

5,272

April 24October 19

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 3 times the average for Georgia's $10 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

VALUESCORE

Fair

out of 100

Expected Value

29/40

Prize Quality

7/25

Win Frequency

12/20

Inventory Health

8/15

Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

State: Georgia
Game Number: 1893
Ticket Price: $10
Start Date: 4/21/2026
Payout %: 77.3%
Data Source: Official
Last Updated: 10/19/2026

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How many tickets?

$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.51 overall odds

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Hit $500 scratch-off a good buy?

It is about average. Hit $500 scores 57/100 (Fair) and is 13th of the 40 active $10 games in Georgia. It pays back about $0.77 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $10 tickets are listed on the Georgia rankings page.

What are the odds of winning the Hit $500 scratch-off?

The overall odds of winning any prize with Hit $500 are 1 in 3.51. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.

What is the top prize for Hit $500?

The top prize for Hit $500 is $500. As of our latest update, 5,272 of 17,719 top prizes remain unclaimed.

How many prizes are left in Hit $500?

Based on our latest data, 31% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 435,242 out of 1,395,062 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

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Hit $500 (this game)	57	1 in 3.51	77.3%	$500 · 5,272 of 17,719	1.4%

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.