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Ranked 3rd of 54 Tickets in Illinois

$3 Million VaultIllinois Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Illinois Lottery
82
VALUESCORE
Excellent
$20IllinoisGame #7661GREEN
At a glance

$3 Million Vault is one of the Illinois Lottery's $20 games. Its ValueScore of 82/100 (Excellent) makes it 2nd among the 9 $20 games Illinois sells. On average it pays back about $0.83 per $1, $0.02 more than the median $20 game in Illinois. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.20 beat the 1 in 3.65 typical of Illinois's $20 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.20
Exp. Value
$0.83
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$3,000,000
$150K/yr for 20 yrs or $1.8M cash
Top Prizes Left
3
Prizes Remaining
54%
ValueScore™
82 / 100
Excellent

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.83
↑
GREAT VALUE
3rd overall out of 54 games we track in Illinois, with strong marks across the board.
Why
↑$0.83 back per dollar puts this game's return ahead of the pack.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.3M at launch, about 1 in 708K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $3,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • You win something fairly often here, about 31% per ticket (1 in 3.20).
  • The game is early in its life, with the bulk of its prizes unclaimed.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$3,000,000
$150K/yr for 20 yrs or $1.8M cash
3 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 1.3M
now ~1 in 708K
$100,000
1 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 1.3M
now ~1 in 2.1M
$25,000
6 of 14 left
launch odds 1 in 283K
now ~1 in 354K
$5,000
42 of 70 left
launch odds 1 in 57K
now ~1 in 51K
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

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$3,000,000
($150K/yr for 20 yrs or $1.8M cash)
1 in 1,318,98033
100%
$100,0001 in 1,318,98031
33%
$25,0001 in 282,639146
43%
$5,0001 in 56,5287042
60%
$1,0001 in 3,4681,141668
59%
$5001 in 6266,3243,365
53%
$4001 in 2,9951,321710
54%
$2001 in 5716,9243,693
53%
$1001 in 25158,34684,842
54%
$601 in 29138,60374,275
54%
$501 in 30131,89870,529
53%
$301 in 15263,796141,366
54%
$201 in 8527,592284,636
54%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$65,427,600
Current Prize Pool
$39,233,950
Payout Percentage
60.0%
Total Prizes Remaining
664,136

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
3,955,312
Estimated Remaining
2,125,235
% Remaining
53.7%
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

All 3 $3,000,000 top prizes left on June 27, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.

32
3
June 27October 19

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for Illinois's $20 games (1.1% 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

82
VALUESCORE
Excellent
82
out of 100
Expected Value
38/40
Prize Quality
13/25
Win Frequency
18/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
7661
Ticket Price
$20
Start Date
6/2/2026
Payout %
82.7%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$20.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.20 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the $3 Million Vault scratch-off a good buy?
Yes. $3 Million Vault has a ValueScore of 82/100 (Excellent) and is 2nd among the 9 $20 games Illinois sells. It pays back about $0.83 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the $3 Million Vault scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with $3 Million Vault are 1 in 3.20. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for $3 Million Vault?
The top prize for $3 Million Vault is $3,000,000. As of our latest update, 3 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $20 ticket in Illinois

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Snowfall Mega Multiplier821 in 3.1178.2%$600K · 34.3%
$3 Million Vault (this game)821 in 3.2082.7%$3M · 31.5%
$2,000,000 Multiplier Bonanza821 in 3.8881.2%$2M · 32.9%
Double the Luck771 in 3.7182.1%$3M · 31.1%
100X Xtra671 in 3.5880.4%$2M · 10.8%
$2,000,000 Diamond Deluxe651 in 3.5583.8%$100K · 10.7%
Big Time Blowout631 in 9.6877.9%$2K · 902-
$2,000,000 Maximum Money591 in 3.8580.5%$100K · 20.0%
2000000Celebration_Logo451 in 3.1673.7%$100K · 1-

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.