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Ranked 18th of 54 Tickets in Illinois

Money MatchIllinois Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Illinois Lottery
59
VALUESCORE
Fair
$10IllinoisGame #7659GREEN
At a glance

Money Match costs $10 a ticket from the Illinois Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $1,000,000 prize now runs about 1 in 1,893,343 by our estimate, against 1 in 1,318,580 at launch. Prizes of $10,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 439,527 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.65
Exp. Value
$0.78
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$1,000,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
48%
ValueScore™
59 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.78
→
AVERAGE
Nothing wrong with it, but nothing special either; it is 6th of the 12 active $10 games in Illinois.
Why
→Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.3M at launch, about 1 in 1.9M now. The $1,000,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • The prize pool is about half spent, half still in circulation.
  • Strong expected value of $0.78 per $1: a bigger slice of ticket sales is still sitting in the prize pool than usual.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$1,000,000
1 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 1.3M
now ~1 in 1.9M
$50,000
3 of 6 left
launch odds 1 in 659K
now ~1 in 631K
$5,000
17 of 27 left
launch odds 1 in 147K
now ~1 in 111K
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
$1,000,0001 in 1,317,72031
33%
$50,0001 in 658,86063
50%
$5,0001 in 146,4132717
63%
$1,0001 in 21,96218092
51%
$5001 in 2,1201,865871
47%
$2001 in 1,2073,2741,561
48%
$1001 in 8944,39621,020
47%
$751 in 24016,4967,811
47%
$501 in 39101,64747,913
47%
$401 in 20019,7959,333
47%
$301 in 8049,48223,351
47%
$251 in 7155,96126,587
48%
$201 in 12329,430156,437
47%
$101 in 9461,202223,727
49%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$30,837,355
Current Prize Pool
$14,262,710
Payout Percentage
46.3%
Total Prizes Remaining
518,724

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
3,955,739
Estimated Remaining
1,893,343
% Remaining
47.9%
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

The one $1,000,000 top prize left on August 30, when our records for it began, is still unclaimed.

10
1
August 30October 19

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.9% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than the average for Illinois's $10 games (1.3% 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

59
VALUESCORE
Fair
59
out of 100
Expected Value
27/40
Prize Quality
10/25
Win Frequency
14/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
7659
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
5/5/2026
Payout %
78.0%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.65 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Money Match scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Money Match scores 59/100 (Fair) and is 6th of the 12 active $10 games in Illinois. It pays back about $0.78 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $10 tickets are listed on the Illinois rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Money Match scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Money Match are 1 in 3.65. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Money Match?
The top prize for Money Match is $1,000,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.

Every $10 ticket in Illinois

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Sapphire 10s721 in 3.4977.9%$1M · 22.0%
Liquid Assets701 in 3.8577.8%$1M · 2-
$250,000 Crossword 2026661 in 3.6974.7%$250K · 142.0%
Millionaire 7601 in 3.5978.1%$1M · 11.5%
Money Match (this game)591 in 3.6578.0%$1M · 10.9%
Gold Casino581 in 3.6382.1%$50K · 00.3%
Diamonds561 in 3.6379.9%$2M · 11.4%
50X Xtra511 in 3.6475.0%$600K · 21.0%
Gold Rush Supreme431 in 3.8174.9%$100K · 50.7%

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.