Holiday Ca$hIllinois Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Illinois Lottery sells Holiday Ca$h as a $1 ticket. At a ValueScore of 43/100 (Fair), it is the best $1 game on sale in Illinois. No $1 ticket in Illinois has better overall odds: 1 in 4.40, against 4 others at that price. It went on sale on October 6, 2026, so 90% of its prizes are still unclaimed.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Wins are infrequent: about a 23% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.40), lower than most games.
- The bigger prize tiers here have plenty left to win.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 175 | 156 | 89% |
| $100 | 918 | 812 | 88% |
| $75 | 284 | 251 | 88% |
| $50 | 1,700 | 1,516 | 89% |
| $30 | 2,269 | 2,044 | 90% |
| $25 | 14,219 | 12,712 | 89% |
| $20 | 21,323 | 19,125 | 90% |
| $15 | 21,268 | 19,032 | 89% |
| $10 | 31,924 | 28,647 | 90% |
| $9 | 21,313 | 19,043 | 89% |
| $7 | 42,612 | 38,224 | 90% |
| $5 | 106,484 | 95,701 | 90% |
| $4 | 106,505 | 95,879 | 90% |
| $3 | 180,986 | 162,893 | 90% |
| $2 | 500,357 | 451,363 | 90% |
| $1 | 883,623 | 799,492 | 90% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since September 29, when our records for it began, 19 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 156. The most recent was on October 19.
How fast it's selling
Since it launched on October 6, about 3.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week. New games usually sell fastest in their first weeks.
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
- Illinois
- Game Number
- 7675
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 10/6/2026
- Payout %
- 66.3%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $1 ticket in Illinois
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Ca$h (this game) | 43 | 1 in 4.40 | 66.3% | $500 · 156 | 3.4% |
| Loose Change Boost | 22 | 1 in 4.76 | 66.2% | $1K · 12 | 1.4% |
| 5X Xtra | 22 | 1 in 4.97 | 66.0% | $20K · 2 | 0.6% |
| Emeralds | 21 | 1 in 4.97 | 67.1% | $50K · 1 | 1.4% |
| 7-11-21® | 19 | 1 in 4.80 | 66.1% | $3K · 19 | 2.2% |
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.