National Lampoon's Christmas VacationKentucky Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation costs $5 a ticket from the Kentucky Lottery. By our estimate the $100,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 549,280 per ticket, down from 1 in 680,000. With a ValueScore of 71/100 (Good), it is the strongest of Kentucky's 18 $5 tickets. It went on sale on October 22, 2026.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 680K at launch, about 1 in 549K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $100,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Strong prize quality: a healthy share of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
- You win something fairly often here, about 28% per ticket (1 in 3.57).
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated November 7Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 680,000 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 40,000 | 56 | 44 | 79% |
| $500 | 1 in 40,000 | 51 | 39 | 76% |
| $200 | 1 in 4,000 | 527 | 409 | 78% |
| $100 | 1 in 415 | 5,010 | 3,997 | 80% |
| $50 | 1 in 57 | 36,503 | 29,125 | 80% |
| $20 | 1 in 100 | 20,785 | 16,629 | 80% |
| $15 | 1 in 33 | 62,312 | 49,908 | 80% |
| $10 | 1 in 13 | 166,286 | 133,798 | 80% |
| $5 | 1 in 7 | 291,107 | 236,684 | 81% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 3 $100,000 top prizes left at launch on October 23 are still unclaimed.
| Date | What happened | Top prizes left |
|---|---|---|
| October 23 | Launched | 3 |
| November 7 | Latest count, none claimed | 3 |
How fast it's selling
Since it launched on October 22, about 8.4% 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
- Kentucky
- Game Number
- 161
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 10/22/2026
- Payout %
- 71.4%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 11/7/2026
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All 18 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (this game) | 71 | 1 in 3.57 | 71.4% | $100K · 3 | 8.4% |
| Fun 5's | 67 | 1 in 3.80 | 71.3% | $75K · 4 | 2.4% |
| Cash Overload | 56 | 1 in 4.11 | 71.3% | $50K · 3 | 2.7% |
| Queen of Hearts | 55 | 1 in 3.89 | 70.0% | $125K · 2 | 0.2% |
| Chills & Bills | 54 | 1 in 3.71 | 71.4% | $50K · 2 | 5.7% |
| Did I Win? | 52 | 1 in 4.09 | 70.0% | $50K · 4 | 0.3% |
| Mega Super Hot 7s | 52 | 1 in 3.29 | - | $78K · 1 | - |
| Strike It Rich | 50 | 1 in 3.67 | 70.0% | $75K · 2 | 0.2% |
| King of Spades | 48 | 1 in 4.11 | 70.0% | $500 · 3,840 | 0.2% |
| Kentucky Jackpot | 44 | 1 in 3.52 | - | $125K · 1 | - |
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.