MERRY MONEY costs $5 a ticket from the Georgia Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $300,000 prize now runs about 1 in 1,681,799 by our estimate, against 1 in 1,446,184 at launch. It has been on sale since November 2023, and 29% of its prizes are still unclaimed.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.4M at launch, about 1 in 1.7M now. The $300,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Most of this game's prizes are gone.
- You get back about $0.73 per $1 on average, which is normal for this price.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $300,000 | 1 in 1,446,184 | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| $600 | 1 in 23,708 | 244 | 67 | 27% |
| $500 | 1 in 17,477 | 331 | 95 | 29% |
| $200 | 1 in 4,074 | 1,420 | 353 | 25% |
| $100 | 1 in 342 | 16,896 | 4,656 | 28% |
| $50 | 1 in 226 | 25,589 | 6,723 | 26% |
| $30 | 1 in 190 | 30,445 | 8,150 | 27% |
| $25 | 1 in 93 | 62,304 | 16,722 | 27% |
| $20 | 1 in 34 | 168,982 | 45,936 | 27% |
| $15 | 1 in 60 | 96,533 | 26,779 | 28% |
| $10 | 1 in 20 | 289,511 | 79,872 | 28% |
| $8 | 1 in 14 | 410,515 | 123,665 | 30% |
| $5 Free ticket | 1 in 10 | 578,835 | 175,876 | 30% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
The one $300,000 top prize left on April 24, when our records for it began, is 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
- 1748
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 11/7/2023
- Payout %
- 73.1%
- 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% |
| MERRY MONEY (this game) | 41 | 1 in 3.44 | 73.1% | $300K · 1 of 4 | 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.