GhostbustersMississippi Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Ghostbusters is a $5 ticket from the Mississippi Lottery. On ValueScore it earns 83/100 (Excellent), good for the top-ranked $5 ticket in Mississippi right now. On average it pays back about $0.71 per $1, $0.02 more than the median $5 game in Mississippi. It went on sale on October 6, 2026, so 89% of its prizes are still unclaimed.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 514K at launch, about 1 in 456K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $100,000 prizes have been claimed.
- The bigger prize tiers here have plenty left to win.
- $0.71 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| $500 | 102 | 94 | 92% |
| $100 | 2,206 | 1,915 | 87% |
| $50 | 16,528 | 14,476 | 88% |
| $25 | 12,826 | 11,260 | 88% |
| $20 | 17,117 | 15,073 | 88% |
| $15 | 25,658 | 22,624 | 88% |
| $10 | 77,085 | 68,324 | 89% |
| $5 | 102,708 | 91,768 | 89% |
2nd Chance Drawing · separate drawing, not an instant win
| Prize | Remaining |
|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $100,000 top prizes left at launch on October 5 are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Since it launched on October 6, about 5.3% 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
- Mississippi
- Game Number
- 265
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 10/6/2026
- Payout %
- 71.2%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in Mississippi
All 19 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghostbusters (this game) | 83 | 1 in 4.04 | 71.2% | $100K · 2 | 5.3% |
| Big Money Riches | 62 | 1 in 3.98 | 70.1% | $100K · 1 | 3.1% |
| Cashword Connect | 62 | 1 in 4.05 | 68.9% | $75K · 2 | 1.3% |
| Triple Lucky 7s | 62 | 1 in 4.34 | 68.8% | $100K · 2 | 3.6% |
| 30th Annual Cruisin’ the Coast | 61 | 1 in 4.15 | 69.1% | $500 · 568 | 2.1% |
| Wheel of Fortune ($5) | 54 | 1 in 4.39 | 68.9% | $100K · 1 | 1.3% |
| Classic Bingo | 53 | 1 in 3.58 | 69.5% | $75K · 1 | 1.3% |
| Gold Bar Bingo | 48 | 1 in 3.57 | 69.9% | $75K · 0 | 0.0% |
| Money Bags | 48 | 1 in 4.01 | 68.8% | $100K · 1 | 1.8% |
| Gold Rush | 46 | 1 in 3.91 | 68.9% | $100K · 0 | 0.0% |
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.