Georgia scratch-off statistics
174 active games · average odds 1 in 3.65 · 223 top prizes of $10,000+ unclaimed
Georgia market snapshot
Pulled from our catalog on September 19, 2026. Averages cover every active game, not a sample.
What Georgia charges, and what you get for it
Higher-priced tickets almost always carry better overall odds and a higher payout rate, because the prize pool scales faster than the ticket price. This table is the state's own catalog, grouped by price.
| Price | Games | Share of catalog | Avg overall odds | Avg prize payout | Avg ValueScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 tickets | 6 | 3% | 1 in 4.50 | 66.7% | 11.6 |
| $2 tickets | 44 | 25% | 1 in 4.13 | 71.3% | 18.7 |
| $3 tickets | 12 | 7% | 1 in 3.82 | 72.1% | 27.9 |
| $5 tickets | 45 | 26% | 1 in 3.62 | 73.1% | 36.4 |
| $10 tickets | 35 | 20% | 1 in 3.43 | 77.2% | 51.8 |
| $20 tickets | 18 | 10% | 1 in 3.32 | 78.8% | 63.9 |
| $25 tickets | 4 | 2% | 1 in 2.48 | 77.9% | 62.6 |
| $30 tickets | 7 | 4% | 1 in 2.56 | 82.1% | 71.8 |
| $50 tickets | 3 | 2% | 1 in 3.60 | 82.6% | 71.4 |
Georgia lottery sales by fiscal year
Straight from the lottery's published annual reports. Per-resident figures divide instant sales by the state population from the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2025) (10,940,407 residents), so they count every resident rather than only adults or only players.
| Fiscal year | Instant sales | Total sales | Instant share | Per resident | To the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $3.37B | $6.02B | 56.0% | $308 | $1.47B |
| FY2024 | $3.45B | $6.00B | 57.5% | $316 | $1.49B |
| FY2023 | $3.69B | $6.14B | 60.2% | $338 | $1.52B |
| FY2022 | $3.74B | $5.79B | 64.6% | $342 | $1.47B |
| FY2021 | $4.01B | $6.03B | 66.4% | $366 | $1.54B |
| FY2020 | $3.43B | $4.97B | 68.9% | $313 | $1.24B |
| FY2019 | $3.22B | $4.78B | 67.4% | $294 | $1.21B |
Instant-game sales moved +4.8% across FY2019-FY2025. That figure is nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and part of any increase reflects higher-priced tickets rather than more tickets sold.
- Georgia Lottery Corporation FY2019 Audit Report (year ended June 30, 2019)
- Georgia Lottery Corporation FY2020 Financial Statements (year ended June 30, 2020)
- Georgia Lottery Corporation FY2021 Audit Report (year ended June 30, 2021)
- Georgia Lottery Corporation FY2022 Financial Report (year ended June 30, 2022)
- Georgia Lottery Corporation FY2023 Financial Report (year ended June 30, 2023)
- Georgia Lottery Corporation FY2025 Financial Report (year ended June 30, 2025)
Total sales is the gross ticket-sales line, before the deduction for tickets given away as prizes. Georgia publishes no exact scratcher line item in any year: the only figure available is a sentence in the management discussion, rounded to the nearest million, so treat every scratcher number here as approximate. The FY2022 scratcher level comes from the FY2023 report, because the FY2022 report reprints the prior year's sentence by mistake and gives only a change, not a level. The education transfer includes coin-operated amusement machine proceeds, not ticket sales alone, and is reported on an accrual basis.
Georgia sales by game, FY2025
Every product line the Georgia lottery prints in its FY2025report, largest first within each group. Share is each line's part of the total across the lines shown here. Online play is booked differently by every lottery, so its accounting basis is printed beside the figure and it is not directly comparable to a retail line.
| Game | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Scratch-offsScratchers | $3.37B | 56.0% |
| Multi-state draw gamesMega Millions | $157.9M | 2.6% |
| Powerball | $130.0M | 2.2% |
| Cash 4 Life | $28.5M | 0.5% |
| In-state draw gamesCash 3 | $554.6M | 9.2% |
| Cash 4 | $409.6M | 6.8% |
| Keno! | $203.2M | 3.4% |
| Fantasy 5 | $100.4M | 1.7% |
| Cash Pop | $89.9M | 1.5% |
| Quick Win | $71.9M | 1.2% |
| Georgia FIVE | $11.1M | 0.2% |
| Jumbo Bucks Lotto | $7.7M | 0.1% |
| Cash Match (Fantasy 5 add-on) | $4.6M | 0.1% |
| Cash Match (Jumbo Bucks Lotto add-on) | $600K | 0.0% |
| Online / digitalDiggi (e-Instant)(gross wagers) | $879.7M | 14.6% |
| Total of lines shown | $6.02B | 100% |
Georgia publishes no per-game table; every figure here is the rounded amount stated in the report's management discussion, to the nearest $100,000.
How fast Georgia top prizes get claimed
We snapshot every game's remaining prize counts daily, so we can show depletion rather than just the current number. This counts the drop in top prizes remaining each month across 154 tracked games whose top prize is $10,000 or more, 234 claimed in total over the window. No other site publishes this.
Top prizes claimed per month. A game that launched mid-window only contributes claims recorded after its first snapshot, so its opening month reads low.
ValueScore spread across Georgia
Our ValueScore™ rates each game 0-100 on expected value, prize quality, win frequency and remaining inventory. Scores are ranked within the state, so a 60 in Georgia means good relative to what else is on the shelf here.
See the ranked list on the Georgia ValueScore ranking, or compare against other states on the national stats page.
Common questions
How many scratch-off games does Georgia have?
Georgia currently has 174 active scratch-off games across 9 price points, from $1 to $50. 11 launched in the last 90 days.
What are the average odds on a Georgia scratch-off?
Across all 174 active games the average published overall odds are 1 in 3.65. The single best game right now is 1 in 2.34. Overall odds count every prize tier, including prizes equal to the ticket price.
How much unclaimed top-prize money is left in Georgia?
At least $156.1M in top prizes is still unclaimed across Georgia's active games, covering 223 individual top prizes. Treat that as a floor. We count only games whose top prize is $10,000 or more, only games whose lottery publishes a remaining count, and only the top tier of each game.
How much does Georgia sell in scratch-off tickets?
Georgia reported $3.4B in instant-game sales in FY2025, which is 56.0% of all lottery sales. That works out to $308 per resident. Figures come from Georgia Lottery Corporation FY2025 Financial Report (year ended June 30, 2025).