Bits & Odds

Which scratcher should you buy today?

Every active game in 9 states, repriced daily from the official prize figures: how much of your dollar comes back, how likely you are to win anything, and how likely you are to win more than the ticket cost. Free, including the numbers other sites charge for.

Tracking 746 active games right now, 9 of 9 states refreshed today.

Today's best game in each state, by current payout

  1. Show Me the Bens

    Arizona · #1546
    89.7% payout now
    EV / ticket
    $26.92
    Any prize
    1 in 2.74
    Beats price
    1 in 6.64
    Top prizes
    3 of 3
    New
  2. 100X

    California · #1696
    80.7% payout now
    EV / ticket
    $16.14
    Any prize
    1 in 3.17
    Beats price
    1 in 6.33
    Top prizes
    3 of 6
  3. Triple Crossword

    Florida · #1497
    102.7% payout now
    EV / ticket
    $3.08
    Any prize
    1 in 1.89
    Beats price
    1 in 4.52
    Top prizes
    0 of 30
    No top prize left
  4. MERRY & BRIGHT BLOWOUT

    Massachusetts · #463
    97.9% payout now
    EV / ticket
    $9.79
    Any prize
    1 in 6.68
    Beats price
    1 in 6.68
    Top prizes
    18 of 11,088
  5. Safe Cracker Cashword

    Michigan · #0669
    84.8% payout now
    EV / ticket
    $4.24
    Any prize
    1 in 2.57
    Beats price
    1 in 4.80
    Top prizes
    0 of 3
    No top prize left
  6. Crossword Xtreme

    New Jersey · #01981
    77.0% payout now
    EV / ticket
    $23.09
    Any prize
    1 in 3.34
    Beats price
    1 in 5.05
    Top prizes
    2 of 3
  7. INSTANT TAKE 5

    New York · #1680
    95.6% payout now
    EV / ticket
    $0.96
    Any prize
    1 in 1.79
    Beats price
    1 in 10.5
    Top prizes
    56 of 95
  8. $1,000,000 Bonus Match

    84.7% payout now
    EV / ticket
    $8.47
    Any prize
    1 in 4.19
    Beats price
    1 in 7.55
    Top prizes
    2 of 5
  9. Premier Winnings

    Texas · #2512
    79.4% payout now
    EV / ticket
    $79.36
    Any prize
    1 in 3.54
    Beats price
    1 in 3.54
    Top prizes
    4 of 4

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How to read these numbers

Current payout is the share of each dollar that the prizes still unclaimed will return. Any-prize odds include free-ticket wins; cash odds exclude them; profit odds count only prizes larger than the ticket price, which is the number most people actually mean when they ask about their chances. All three shift as prizes are claimed, which is why a game's printed odds stop being true the day it goes on sale. Our methodology shows the arithmetic, and sources lists exactly where each state's figures come from.

Also here: a set of video poker strategy pages with full paytable analysis and optimal-play expected values, from the same habit of doing the arithmetic instead of guessing.