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Ranked 18th of 57 Tickets in Kentucky

Money MakerKentucky Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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59
VALUESCORE
Fair
$20KentuckyGame #133GREEN
At a glance

Money Maker is a $20 ticket from the Kentucky Lottery. At launch, about 1 in 600,000 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more. It pays back about $0.74 per $1 on average, in line with Kentucky's other $20 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.73
Exp. Value
$0.74
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$500,000
Top Prizes Left
0
Prizes Remaining
30%
ValueScore™
59 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.74
→
AVERAGE
At 18th out of 57 Kentucky scratch-offs, it neither stands out nor falls behind.
Why
→Most of this game's prizes are gone.
  • Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
  • Win rate is typical, around 27% per ticket (1 in 3.73).

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated November 7
$500,000
0 of 2 left
launch odds 1 in 600K
All claimed
$5,000
16 of 45 left
launch odds 1 in 27K
now ~1 in 22K
$1,000
184 of 600 left
launch odds 1 in 2,000
now ~1 in 1,943
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
$500,0001 in 600,00020Claimed
$5,0001 in 26,6674516
36%
$1,0001 in 2,000600184
31%
$5001 in 2295,2301,546
30%
$1001 in 3336,02010,403
29%
$501 in 10120,00035,085
29%
$251 in 1580,00024,309
30%
$201 in 1580,00024,356
30%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$17,642,000
Current Prize Pool
$4,926,395
Payout Percentage
27.9%
Total Prizes Remaining
95,899

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
1,200,000
Estimated Remaining
357,502
% Remaining
29.8%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is the lottery’s published print run. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

The last $500,000 top prize was reported claimed on July 9. 2 were left at launch on April 5.

DateWhat happenedTop prizes left
April 5Launched2
May 71 claimed1
July 91 claimed0
November 7Latest count0

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.8% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for Kentucky's $20 games (0.5% a week). By tickets sold, it is the estimated #13 best seller of the 38 Kentucky tickets we can rank, at about 9,500 tickets 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
36/40
Prize Quality
7/25
Win Frequency
11/20
Inventory Health
4/15
Updated: 11/7/2026

Game Details

Game Number
133
Ticket Price
$20
Start Date
4/2/2026
Payout %
73.5%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
11/7/2026

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$20.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.73 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Money Maker scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Money Maker scores 59/100 (Fair) and is 9th out of 12 $20 tickets in Kentucky. It pays back about $0.74 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $20 tickets are listed on the Kentucky rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Money Maker scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Money Maker are 1 in 3.73. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Money Maker?
The top prize for Money Maker is $500,000. All top prizes have already been claimed. This game no longer has a top prize available, so you may want to consider a different game.
How many prizes are left in Money Maker?
Based on our latest data, 30% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 95,899 out of 321,897 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $20 ticket in Kentucky

All 12 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Maximum Money Blowout741 in 8.5275.0%$2K · 1,275-
Jackson731 in 2.6873.5%$500K · 00.1%
Lucky Streak721 in 2.6373.5%$750K · 10.1%
Cash Bonus691 in 2.6173.4%$500K · 00.0%
Double Up671 in 3.5873.5%$500K · 10.0%
Mega Bonus Blowout641 in 9.9373.5%$2K · 494-
24K Gold621 in 3.9573.5%$500K · 11.8%
Mega Cash621 in 3.1473.4%$670K · 20.1%
Money Maker (this game)591 in 3.7373.5%$500K · 00.8%
Wild Cash 200X531 in 3.4973.4%$1.0M · 00.0%

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.