At a glance
The Montana Lottery sells Lucky Duck as a $1 ticket. At a ValueScore of 6/100 (Poor), it is 8th of the 9 active $1 games in Montana. Its overall odds of 1 in 4.14 beat the 1 in 4.71 typical of Montana's $1 games.
Overall Odds
1 in 4.14
Exp. Value
$0.53
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$1,000
Top Prizes Left
-
Prizes Remaining
No Data
ValueScore™
6 / 100
Poor
Should I Buy This Ticket?
Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.53↓
POOR VALUE
Ranked 42nd out of 44 Montana scratch-offs. Better options exist, including 7 other $1 Montana games ranked higher.
Why
↓Expected value of $0.53 per $1 is below average. Less comes back per dollar than most games.
- Prizes hit less often here, roughly 24% per ticket (1 in 4.14).
Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Left |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | 1 in 110,050 | Not reported |
| $100 | 1 in 2,822 | Not reported |
| $50 | 1 in 786 | Not reported |
| $20 | 1 in 359 | Not reported |
| $10 | 1 in 508 | Not reported |
| $5 | 1 in 200 | Not reported |
| $2 | 1 in 11 | Not reported |
| $1 | 1 in 7 | Not reported |
Montana does not publish remaining-prize counts, so every tier shows “Not reported”.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
6
VALUESCORE
Poor
6
out of 100
Expected Value
0/40
Prize Quality
0/25
Win Frequency
6/20
Inventory Health
0/15
Updated: 10/9/2026
Game Details
- State
- Montana
- Game Number
- 1383
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Payout %
- 52.9%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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Montana publishes official odds and prize amounts but not prize inventory (how many of each prize were printed or remain), so we can't show how many prizes are left or score prize inventory for this game. The odds shown are official, not estimated.
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$1.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.14 overall odds
Using launch odds. This game doesn't publish remaining-prize counts.
Entertainment only. Outcomes are random and won't match a real session. Launch-odds mode uses the original published odds, ignoring prizes already claimed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Lucky Duck scratch-off a good buy?
No. Lucky Duck scores 6/100 (Poor) and is 8th of the 9 active $1 games in Montana, among the weakest tickets in Montana. It pays back about $0.53 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the Lucky Duck scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Lucky Duck are 1 in 4.14. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
Every $1 ticket in Montana
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Money | 16 | 1 in 4.88 | 57.5% | $2K |
| Rake It In | 13 | 1 in 4.67 | 56.0% | $2K |
| Snow Bank | 12 | 1 in 3.99 | 53.3% | $1K |
| Win It All | 9 | 1 in 4.69 | 53.7% | $2K |
| Stocking Stuffer | 7 | 1 in 4.30 | 53.4% | $2K |
| Cherry Rush | 7 | 1 in 4.73 | 53.1% | $2K |
| Super Hot 7’s | 7 | 1 in 4.86 | 53.5% | $8K |
| Lucky Duck (this game) | 6 | 1 in 4.14 | 52.9% | $1K |
| Tic Tac Toad | 3 | 1 in 4.75 | 52.9% | $1K |