How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in Show Me $5,000,000!?

2 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,796,867.

What are the odds of winning anything on Show Me $5,000,000!?

1 in 3.33 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.32 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.33, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.01.

Is Show Me $5,000,000! worth buying?

Its current payout is 78.5% ($15.69 back per $20 ticket), rank #10 of 55 in California. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 100X (#1696, $20) at 79.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Show Me $5,000,000! tickets are left?

We estimate 5,593,734 of roughly 15,193,230 printed tickets are unsold (63.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Show Me $5,000,000! launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on May 19, 2025. It is still on sale.

Show Me $5,000,000! — $20 California Scratcher #1678

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:29 UTC · launched May 19, 2025

Show Me $5,000,000! California scratcher ticket

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Show Me $5,000,000! (#1678) is a $20 California scratcher launched on May 19, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #10 of 55 active games on current payout (78.5%, $15.69 expected back per ticket) and #6 of 13 $20 games, #18 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.33) and #46 on top-prize odds (1 in 2,796,867). Since launch the payout has risen 0.0 points (78.4% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.5% (1 in 3.32 at launch). 2 of 5 top prizes of $5,000,000 remain, and we estimate 5,593,734 tickets are still unsold (63.2% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout

78.5%

78.4% at launch

Expected value

$15.69

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.33

1 in 3.32 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.33

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.01

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 3,970

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 5

$5,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

36.8%

≈ 5,593,734 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Show Me $5,000,000!, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other California game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 1,678,062 of 4,582,983 prizes (36.6%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$5,000,000	1 in 3,038,646	1 in 2,796,867	5	3	2	40.0%
$2,500	1 in 3,985	1 in 3,976	3,813	2,406	1,407	36.9%
$500	1 in 250.0	1 in 254.7	60,796	38,833	21,963	36.1%
$250	1 in 355.0	1 in 359.7	42,851	27,302	15,549	36.3%
$100	1 in 89.0	1 in 90.5	170,820	108,999	61,821	36.2%
$75	1 in 60.0	1 in 61.0	253,170	161,490	91,680	36.2%
$50	1 in 30.0	1 in 30.4	506,441	322,157	184,284	36.4%
$40	1 in 15.0	1 in 15.2	1,012,882	644,269	368,613	36.4%
$30	1 in 15.0	1 in 15.1	1,012,882	641,984	370,898	36.6%
$20	1 in 10.0	1 in 9.96	1,519,323	957,478	561,845	37.0%
All prizes	1 in 3.32	1 in 3.33	4,582,983	2,904,921	1,678,062	36.6%

How Show Me $5,000,000! has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Show Me $5,000,000!. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,407 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,408 remain.
October 17, 2026: 3 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,409 remain.
October 15, 2026: 2 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,412 remain.
October 10, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,414 remain.
October 8, 2026: 2 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,415 remain.
October 7, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,417 remain.
October 3, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,418 remain.
September 30, 2026: 2 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,419 remain.
September 29, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,421 remain.
September 25, 2026: 2 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,422 remain.
September 24, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,424 remain.

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

Show Me $5,000,000!: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in Show Me $5,000,000!?: 2 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,796,867.
What are the odds of winning anything on Show Me $5,000,000!?: 1 in 3.33 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.32 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.33, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.01.
Is Show Me $5,000,000! worth buying?: Its current payout is 78.5% ($15.69 back per $20 ticket), rank #10 of 55 in California. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 100X (#1696, $20) at 79.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Show Me $5,000,000! tickets are left?: We estimate 5,593,734 of roughly 15,193,230 printed tickets are unsold (63.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Show Me $5,000,000! launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on May 19, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $20 California scratchers

100X — 79.6% payout, 1 in 3.05 any prize
2027 — 79.5% payout, 1 in 3.03 any prize
Golden State Riches — 79.1% payout, 1 in 2.89 any prize
Set for Life — 78.9% payout, 1 in 3.61 any prize
MONOPOLY — 78.6% payout, 1 in 3.49 any prize

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