500XIowa Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
500X is one of the Iowa Lottery's $50 games. None of its winning tickets pays $50 or less: every prize is worth more than the ticket. At launch, about 1 in 29,157 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 124K at launch, about 1 in 111K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $500,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.
- This game is partway played through, with a fair share of prizes remaining.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 120,000 | 12 | 5 | 42% |
| $25,000 | 1 in 40,000 | 39 | 14 | 36% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 17,143 | 86 | 32 | 37% |
| $2,500 | 1 in 3,750 | 414 | 156 | 38% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 2,400 | 643 | 247 | 38% |
| $500 | 1 in 80 | 18,567 | 6,982 | 38% |
| $250 | 1 in 56 | 26,593 | 9,947 | 37% |
| $150 | 1 in 20 | 74,266 | 27,822 | 37% |
| $100 | 1 in 7 | 222,798 | 83,190 | 37% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 7 $500,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 5. The most recent was on September 12.
- September 12, 20261 claimed · 5 left
- September 11, 20261 claimed · 6 left
- July 30, 20261 claimed · 7 left
- June 14, 20261 claimed · 8 left
- April 26, 20261 claimed · 9 left
- April 12, 20261 claimed · 10 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each 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
- Iowa
- Game Number
- 771
- Ticket Price
- $50
- Start Date
- 2/3/2026
- Payout %
- 78.7%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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