At a glance
Wild Card Poker costs $3 a ticket from the Montana Lottery. It pays back about $0.62 per $1 on average, in line with Montana's other $3 games. With a ValueScore of 42/100 (Fair), it is 3rd of Montana's 9 $3 tickets, in the top third.
Overall Odds
1 in 3.78
Exp. Value
$0.62
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$25,000
Top Prizes Left
-
Prizes Remaining
No Data
ValueScore™
42 / 100
Fair
Should I Buy This Ticket?
Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.62→
AVERAGE
Middle of the pack: #14 of the 44 active games we track in Montana.
Why
→Odds of 1 in 3.78 put the win rate squarely in the normal range.
- Expected value of $0.62 per $1 is below average. Less comes back per dollar than most games.
Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Left |
|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 in 74,430 | Not reported |
| $1,000 | 1 in 74,430 | Not reported |
| $500 | 1 in 18,608 | Not reported |
| $200 | 1 in 24,810 | Not reported |
| $100 | 1 in 1,673 | Not reported |
| $50 | 1 in 298 | Not reported |
| $30 | 1 in 141 | Not reported |
| $20 | 1 in 305 | Not reported |
| $10 | 1 in 50 | Not reported |
| $6 | 1 in 75 | Not reported |
| $5 | 1 in 60 | Not reported |
| $3 | 1 in 5 | Not reported |
Montana does not publish remaining-prize counts, so every tier shows “Not reported”.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
42
VALUESCORE
Fair
42
out of 100
Expected Value
29/40
Prize Quality
0/25
Win Frequency
11/20
Inventory Health
0/15
Updated: 10/9/2026
Game Details
- State
- Montana
- Game Number
- 1381
- Ticket Price
- $3
- Payout %
- 61.8%
- 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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$3.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.78 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 Wild Card Poker scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Wild Card Poker scores 42/100 (Fair) and is 3rd of the 9 active $3 games in Montana. It pays back about $0.62 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $3 tickets are listed on the Montana rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Wild Card Poker scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Wild Card Poker are 1 in 3.78. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
Every $3 ticket in Montana
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slingo® Moolah | 45 | 1 in 3.79 | 64.9% | $30K |
| Grab-N-Go Slingo | 42 | 1 in 3.56 | 61.8% | $25K |
| Wild Card Poker (this game) | 42 | 1 in 3.78 | 61.8% | $25K |
| Treasure Hunt | 41 | 1 in 3.96 | 65.4% | $30K |
| Cosmic Paylines Multiplier | 40 | 1 in 3.79 | 61.6% | $25K |
| $30,000 Montana Crossword | 36 | 1 in 4.03 | 61.9% | $30K |
| Gold & Silver $30,000 Montana Crossword | 34 | 1 in 4.03 | 61.7% | $30K |
| Big Bucks Bingo | 30 | 1 in 4.12 | 61.2% | $25K |
| Golden Riches Bingo | 28 | 1 in 4.20 | 60.0% | $25K |