In the GreenIllinois Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Illinois Lottery sells In the Green as a $5 ticket. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 97,843 tickets. It pays back about $0.72 per $1 on average, in line with Illinois's other $5 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Wins are infrequent: about a 24% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.24), lower than most games.
- The bigger prize tiers here have plenty left to win.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 1,596,360 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 798,180 | 6 | 4 | 67% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 119,727 | 40 | 30 | 75% |
| $500 | 1 in 3,529 | 1,357 | 973 | 72% |
| $300 | 1 in 12,375 | 387 | 271 | 70% |
| $250 | 1 in 11,943 | 401 | 278 | 69% |
| $125 | 1 in 12,094 | 396 | 273 | 69% |
| $100 | 1 in 546 | 8,779 | 6,150 | 70% |
| $75 | 1 in 1,201 | 3,987 | 2,758 | 69% |
| $50 | 1 in 114 | 41,874 | 29,267 | 70% |
| $30 | 1 in 430 | 11,141 | 7,738 | 69% |
| $25 | 1 in 57 | 84,500 | 59,126 | 70% |
| $20 | 1 in 44 | 109,732 | 76,927 | 70% |
| $15 | 1 in 60 | 79,759 | 55,933 | 70% |
| $10 | 1 in 15 | 329,326 | 232,297 | 71% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 459,048 | 326,000 | 71% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since August 25, when our records for it began, one $500,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on October 11.
- October 11, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 3.7% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Illinois's $5 games (4.3% 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
- Illinois
- Game Number
- 7671
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 9/1/2026
- Payout %
- 72.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in Illinois
All 13 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Winnings | 58 | 1 in 3.86 | 72.2% | $250K · 3 | 3.5% |
| 7X Bingo Multiplier | 56 | 1 in 3.99 | 71.1% | $200K · 5 | - |
| $100,000 Crossword 2026 | 52 | 1 in 3.93 | 71.7% | $100K · 8 | 1.8% |
| Electric Cash | 51 | 1 in 4.28 | 80.8% | $400K · 1 | - |
| In the Green (this game) | 50 | 1 in 4.24 | 72.0% | $500K · 2 | 3.7% |
| Galaxy Blast | 50 | 1 in 3.99 | 72.0% | $556K · 3 | 3.1% |
| 25X Xtra | 46 | 1 in 4.28 | 71.9% | $500K · 1 | 0.9% |
| Power Up! Multiplier | 38 | 1 in 4.24 | 72.0% | $400K · 0 | 0.4% |
| Onyx | 37 | 1 in 4.20 | 75.9% | $1M · 0 | 0.1% |
| $100,000 CROSSWORD ($5) | 32 | 1 in 3.92 | 71.9% | $100K · 0 | 31.5% |
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.