Iowa · Best ValueScore™ Scratch-Offs
Last updated October 19, 2026
Iowa's #1 scratch-off right now is $300,000 Cashword with a ValueScore™ of 99/100. ValueScore™ combines expected value, prize quality, win frequency, and inventory health into a single 0 to 100 rating, updated daily.
Printed odds are set the day a game ships and never change, but the game itself does. Every week tickets sell and prizes get claimed, and the ticket can't tell you any of that. ValueScore™ re-scores every Iowa game from live prize data, so it knows when the top prizes are already gone from a game that still advertises great odds, and when a quiet game is sitting on all of its big prizes. Higher is better; details below the table.
| Rank | Game | Price | ValueScore™ | Overall Odds | Top Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  $300,000 Cashword | $30 | 99 | 1 in 2.28 | $300,000 |
| 2 |  $300,000 JACKPOT | $30 | 94 | 1 in 2.29 | $300,000 |
| 3 |  Holiday Cash | $10 | 94 | 1 in 2.82 | $100,000 |
| 4 |  100X The Cash | $20 | 91 | 1 in 2.88 | $250,000 |
| 5 |  Merry Money | $20 | 89 | 1 in 2.9 | $250,000 |
| 6 |  $100,000 Cash Bonus | $10 | 87 | 1 in 2.81 | $100,000 |
| 7 |  50X The Cash | $10 | 84 | 1 in 2.84 | $100,000 |
| 8 |  Triple Jackpot | $10 | 82 | 1 in 3.2 | $100,000 |
| 9 |  MONOPOLY DOUBLER (Game #783) | $20 | 81 | 1 in 2.9 | $250,000 |
| 10 |  MONOPOLY DOUBLER (Game #782) | $10 | 80 | 1 in 2.86 | $100,000 |
| 11 |  $100,000 Riches | $10 | 80 | 1 in 2.84 | $100,000 |
| 12 |  Diamond Dollars | $10 | 79 | 1 in 2.86 | $100,000 |
| 13 |  Ending Soon!Gem 7s | $20 | 79 | 1 in 2.52 | $150,000 |
| 14 |  $100,000 Mega Crossword | $10 | 77 | 1 in 3.29 | $100,000 |
| 15 |  200X THE WIN | $20 | 77 | 1 in 2.89 | $250,000 |
| 16 |  The Price Is Right | $10 | 75 | 1 in 2.87 | $100,000 |
| 17 |  Instant Jackpot | $10 | 70 | 1 in 3.25 | $100,000 |
| 18 |  Green 7s | $5 | 69 | 1 in 3.7 | $50,000 |
| 19 |  Cash Frenzy | $10 | 69 | 1 in 3.24 | $100,000 |
| 20 |  Fab 5s | $5 | 68 | 1 in 3.46 | $50,000 |
| 21 |  MONEY | $10 | 67 | 1 in 2.9 | $100,000 |
| 22 |  Holiday LUCK X20 | $5 | 66 | 1 in 3.82 | $50,000 |
| 23 |  Ending Soon!Lucky 7 Bonus | $20 | 65 | 1 in 2.88 | $250,000 |
| 24 |  20X The Cash | $5 | 65 | 1 in 3.83 | $50,000 |
| 25 |  Ending Soon!Golden Riches | $10 | 64 | 1 in 3.15 | $100,000 |
| 26 |  Blackout Bingo | $2 | 62 | 1 in 3.56 | $25,000 |
| 27 |  Mega Bucks | $5 | 60 | 1 in 3.67 | $50,000 |
| 28 |  Crossword Gold | $3 | 59 | 1 in 3.82 | $30,000 |
| 29 |  500X | $50 | 59 | 1 in 4.33 | $500,000 |
| 30 |  Cash Payout | $5 | 58 | 1 in 3.6 | $50,000 |
| 31 |  Doughman Doubler | $2 | 57 | 1 in 3.45 | $10,000 |
| 32 |  Ending Soon!X the Money | $10 | 57 | 1 in 2.86 | $100,000 |
| 33 |  One-Word Crossword | $3 | 56 | 1 in 3.82 | $30,000 |
| 34 |  Ending Soon!IOWA™ BLACKOUT | $5 | 56 | 1 in 3.4 | $50,000 |
| 35 |  JURASSIC WORLD | $10 | 56 | 1 in 2.84 | $100,000 |
| 36 |  Ending Soon!Bullseye Cash | $3 | 55 | 1 in 3.11 | $30,000 |
| 37 |  3 Ways To Win! | $2 | 53 | 1 in 3.59 | $10,000 |
| 38 | MONOPOLY DOUBLER (Game #781) | $5 | 53 | 1 in 3.72 | $50,000 |
| 39 |  10X The Cash | $2 | 53 | 1 in 3.54 | $10,000 |
| 40 |  Lucky Clover Crossword | $5 | 53 | 1 in 3.83 | $50,000 |
| 41 |  Ending Soon!Silver Streak | $10 | 50 | 1 in 3.25 | $100,000 |
| 42 |  Bonus Cash Doubler | $5 | 49 | 1 in 3.74 | $50,000 |
| 43 |  Pirate's Treasure | $3 | 49 | 1 in 3.51 | $30,000 |
| 44 |  SCRABBLE™ Crossword Game | $10 | 48 | 1 in 3.2 | $100,000 |
| 45 |  Ending Soon!$50,000 Jackpot | $5 | 48 | 1 in 3.4 | $50,000 |
| 46 |  Ending Soon!Retro Bolts | $3 | 47 | 1 in 3.67 | $30,000 |
| 47 |  Ending Soon!PAC-MAN® | $5 | 45 | 1 in 3.46 | $50,000 |
| 48 | MONOPOLY DOUBLER (Game #780) | $2 | 45 | 1 in 3.64 | $20,000 |
| 49 |  Ending Soon!Quick Cash | $5 | 43 | 1 in 3.67 | $50,000 |
| 50 |  UNO™ | $3 | 43 | 1 in 3.79 | $30,000 |
| 51 |  Ending Soon!Fire 7s Ice 7s | $5 | 42 | 1 in 3.73 | $50,000 |
| 52 |  Ending Soon!Money Rush | $5 | 42 | 1 in 3.61 | $50,000 |
| 53 |  $50,000 Super Crossword | $5 | 42 | 1 in 3.26 | $50,000 |
| 54 |  Ending Soon!Full of 300s | $3 | 41 | 1 in 3.57 | $300 |
| 55 |  Ending Soon!Joker's Wild | $5 | 41 | 1 in 3.6 | $50,000 |
| 56 |  $100 Stacked | $2 | 40 | 1 in 3.73 | $20,000 |
| 57 |  Ending Soon!Scratch, Match & Win! | $5 | 40 | 1 in 3.65 | $50,000 |
| 58 |  $30,000 Crossword | $3 | 40 | 1 in 3.52 | $30,000 |
| 59 |  5X The Cash | $1 | 37 | 1 in 4.59 | $5,000 |
| 60 |  $50 Frenzy | $1 | 37 | 1 in 4.86 | $1,500 |
| 61 |  Ending Soon!Cool Cat | $2 | 36 | 1 in 3.64 | $10,000 |
| 62 |  Mega Money | $2 | 36 | 1 in 3.88 | $20,000 |
| 63 |  Ending Soon!Cash Blast | $2 | 35 | 1 in 3.65 | $20,000 |
| 64 |  Win It All | $1 | 35 | 1 in 4.88 | $3,500 |
| 65 |  Ending Soon!Super 7s | $2 | 35 | 1 in 3.93 | $17,777 |
| 66 |  Ending Soon!Word Games | $3 | 35 | 1 in 3.81 | $30,000 |
| 67 |  Ending Soon!Red Hot 7s | $3 | 35 | 1 in 3.51 | $30,000 |
| 68 |  Ending Soon!Lucky Stars | $3 | 34 | 1 in 3.8 | $30,000 |
| 69 |  Ending Soon!Words That Win | $3 | 33 | 1 in 3.8 | $30,000 |
| 70 | MONOPOLY DOUBLER | $1 | 33 | 1 in 4.81 | $5,000 |
| 71 |  Unlock It | $3 | 33 | 1 in 3.51 | $3,000 |
| 72 |  Ending Soon!Wild Doubler | $2 | 32 | 1 in 3.83 | $10,000 |
| 73 |  Xtra Bingo | $2 | 30 | 1 in 3.44 | $25,000 |
| 74 |  Lady Luck | $1 | 28 | 1 in 4.58 | $4,000 |
| 75 |  Ending Soon!Triple Luck | $1 | 28 | 1 in 4.57 | $6,000 |
| 76 |  Ending Soon!Triple It! | $1 | 22 | 1 in 4.5 | $900 |
| 77 |  Ending Soon!777 | $2 | 17 | 1 in 3.94 | $10,000 |
How ValueScore is built
Most people judge a scratch off by two numbers: the overall odds printed on the ticket, and maybe how many prizes are left. Both are easy to read, and both mislead on their own. Overall odds only tell you how often any prize hits, and most of those are break-even reprints. A ticket can advertise 1 in 3 and still be a bad buy once the prizes worth winning are gone. Remaining-prize countshave the opposite blind spot: “400 prizes left” means nothing without the price, the odds, and how many of the top prizes are actually still in the pool.
ValueScore reads all of it at once and rates what those two numbers can’t see on their own. It blends the four signals that actually decide whether a ticket is worth buying, which is why our top pick in Iowa often looks nothing like the game with the flashiest odds:
- Expected Value (weighted most heavily). Published per-ticket return across the full prize structure, not just the headline odds.
- Prize Quality. How much of the payout sits in prizes worth winning versus tiny break-even reprints.
- Win Frequency. Your probability of any prize per ticket.
- Inventory Health. Top prizes still unclaimed versus tickets remaining. This is the one the ticket can’t show you: a game with great printed odds whose jackpots are already gone. (Exact weighting is proprietary.)
Scores recompute after every successful Iowa scrape, so a game listed at the top last week may have moved. See the national ValueScore ranking for cross-state context.