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Ranked 12th of 66 Tickets in Mississippi

Wild CherryMississippi Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Mississippi Lottery
62
VALUESCORE
Good
$10MississippiGame #226GREEN
At a glance

The Mississippi Lottery sells Wild Cherry as a $10 ticket. By our estimate the $200,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 194,868 per ticket, down from 1 in 440,742. Prizes of $10,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 176,297 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.99
Exp. Value
$0.71
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$200,000
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
22%
ValueScore™
62 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.71
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
A solid pick: #12 of 66 in Mississippi, better than about 83% of the state's games, and 5th out of 9 $10 tickets in Mississippi.
Why
↑$0.71 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 441K at launch, about 1 in 195K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $200,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • Frequent winners: roughly a 25% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.99), ahead of most games.
  • Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$200,000
2 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 441K
now ~1 in 195K
$10,000
3 of 6 left
launch odds 1 in 294K
now ~1 in 130K
$5,000
3 of 8 left
launch odds 1 in 220K
now ~1 in 130K
$2,000
4 of 10 left
launch odds 1 in 176K
now ~1 in 97K
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

PrizeTotalLeftStatus
$200,00042
50%
$10,00063
50%
$5,00083
38%
$2,000104
40%
$50037278
21%
$20044897
22%
$10029,9276,225
21%
$5058,74912,639
22%
$3014,8163,298
22%
$20161,26134,990
22%
$10176,24540,339
23%

2nd Chance Drawing · separate drawing, not an instant win

PrizeRemaining
$200,0001
Won by entering non-winning tickets in Mississippi's 2nd Chance drawing. Not part of this game's odds, expected value, or ValueScore.

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$12,557,900
Current Prize Pool
$2,967,980
Payout Percentage
23.6%
Total Prizes Remaining
97,678

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
1,762,966
Estimated Remaining
389,735
% Remaining
22.1%
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

Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $200,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on April 12.

31
3
2
March 6October 19
  • April 12, 20261 claimed · 2 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than the average for Mississippi's $10 games (0.9% 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

62
VALUESCORE
Good
62
out of 100
Expected Value
34/40
Prize Quality
10/25
Win Frequency
15/20
Inventory Health
4/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
226
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
9/10/2025
Payout %
71.2%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.99 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Wild Cherry scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. Wild Cherry scores 62/100 (Good) and is 5th of the 9 active $10 games in Mississippi. It pays back about $0.71 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the Wild Cherry scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Wild Cherry are 1 in 3.99. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Wild Cherry?
The top prize for Wild Cherry is $200,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in Wild Cherry?
Based on our latest data, 22% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 97,678 out of 441,846 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $10 ticket in Mississippi

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Wheel of Fortune ($10)861 in 3.8071.7%$200K · 30.8%
Ultimate Lucky 7s801 in 4.1471.3%$200K · 32.3%
20X661 in 3.8771.3%$200K · 11.1%
Grand Stacks651 in 4.5971.2%$200K · 11.8%
Wild Cherry (this game)621 in 3.9971.2%$200K · 20.6%
Cash Fever611 in 3.7971.3%$200K · 10.9%
Triple Red 7s611 in 3.8371.9%$200K · 10.6%
50X The Money491 in 3.5970.9%$200K · 00.0%
Spectacular Riches391 in 4.5971.1%$200K · 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.