MONEY BAG costs $5 a ticket from the Georgia Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $500 prize now runs about 1 in 771 by our estimate, against 1 in 648 at launch. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 9% of prizes remain. With a ValueScore of 16/100 (Poor), it is 49th of the 53 active $5 games in Georgia. Its overall odds of 1 in 4.35 trail the 1 in 3.60 typical of Georgia's $5 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 648 at launch, about 1 in 771 now. The $500 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Wins are infrequent: about a 23% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.35), lower than most games.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.72 per $1 spent.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 648 | 5,101 | 386 | 8% |
| $100 | 1 in 200 | 16,562 | 1,235 | 7% |
| $50 | 1 in 150 | 22,042 | 1,693 | 8% |
| $25 | 1 in 60 | 55,112 | 4,713 | 9% |
| $15 | 1 in 60 | 55,042 | 4,945 | 9% |
| $10 | 1 in 12 | 275,325 | 22,870 | 8% |
| $5 Free ticket | 1 in 10 | 330,512 | 32,549 | 10% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 12 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 386. The most recent was on August 7.
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
- 1791
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 3/18/2025
- 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% |
| MONEY BAG (this game) | 16 | 1 in 4.35 | 72.1% | $500 · 386 of 5,101 | 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.