Winter WinningsIllinois Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Winter Winnings costs $5 a ticket from the Illinois Lottery. With a ValueScore of 58/100 (Fair), it is the strongest of Illinois's 13 $5 tickets. No $5 ticket in Illinois has better overall odds: 1 in 3.86, against 12 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?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.6M at launch, about 1 in 1.4M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $250,000 prizes have been claimed.
- About a 26% chance of a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.86), in line with most games.
- The larger prizes are well stocked, with plenty of top and mid-tier winners still out there.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250,000 | 1 in 1,597,000 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 479,100 | 10 | 8 | 80% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 95,820 | 50 | 49 | 98% |
| $500 | 1 in 6,682 | 717 | 652 | 91% |
| $250 | 1 in 6,049 | 792 | 717 | 91% |
| $125 | 1 in 4,036 | 1,187 | 1,074 | 90% |
| $100 | 1 in 429 | 11,161 | 9,983 | 89% |
| $75 | 1 in 500 | 9,587 | 8,536 | 89% |
| $50 | 1 in 99 | 48,485 | 43,299 | 89% |
| $25 | 1 in 58 | 82,063 | 73,426 | 89% |
| $20 | 1 in 60 | 79,850 | 71,536 | 90% |
| $15 | 1 in 60 | 79,850 | 71,638 | 90% |
| $10 | 1 in 12 | 389,255 | 349,738 | 90% |
| $5 | 1 in 9 | 539,015 | 485,758 | 90% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 3 $250,000 top prizes left on September 29, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Since it launched on October 6, about 3.5% 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
- 7677
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 10/6/2026
- Payout %
- 72.2%
- 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 (this game) | 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 | 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.