Loose Change BoostIllinois Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Illinois Lottery sells Loose Change Boost as a $1 ticket. It pays back about $0.66 per $1 on average, in line with Illinois's other $1 games. At a ValueScore of 22/100 (Below Avg), it is 2nd of Illinois's 5 $1 tickets, in the top third.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Wins are infrequent: about a 21% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.76), lower than most games.
- Middling prize quality: a fair number of the bigger prizes are still in play.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | 1 in 239,904 | 25 | 12 | 48% |
| $500 | 1 in 119,952 | 50 | 23 | 46% |
| $100 | 1 in 9,460 | 634 | 283 | 45% |
| $75 | 1 in 30,445 | 197 | 88 | 45% |
| $50 | 1 in 2,987 | 2,008 | 905 | 45% |
| $25 | 1 in 316 | 19,001 | 8,465 | 45% |
| $15 | 1 in 267 | 22,481 | 10,209 | 45% |
| $10 | 1 in 133 | 45,003 | 20,200 | 45% |
| $6 | 1 in 160 | 37,459 | 17,227 | 46% |
| $5 | 1 in 62 | 97,435 | 44,186 | 45% |
| $4 | 1 in 89 | 67,478 | 30,932 | 46% |
| $3 | 1 in 73 | 82,497 | 37,686 | 46% |
| $2 | 1 in 16 | 367,424 | 169,921 | 46% |
| $1 | 1 in 12 | 517,267 | 240,618 | 47% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 13 $1,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 12. The most recent was on October 9.
- October 9, 20261 claimed · 12 left
- September 26, 20261 claimed · 13 left
- August 26, 20261 claimed · 14 left
- August 1, 20261 claimed · 15 left
- July 16, 20261 claimed · 16 left
- July 5, 20261 claimed · 17 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Illinois's $1 games (1.4% 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
- Illinois
- Game Number
- 7642
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 2/12/2026
- Payout %
- 66.2%
- 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 | 43 | 1 in 4.40 | 66.3% | $500 · 156 | 3.4% |
| Loose Change Boost (this game) | 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.