How many $500,000 prizes are left in Emerald Mine 9X?

1 of 10 as of September 9, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,780,066.

What are the odds of winning anything on Emerald Mine 9X?

1 in 4.27 today, compared with 1 in 4.00 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.27, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.49.

Is Emerald Mine 9X worth buying?

Its current payout is 66.5% ($3.32 back per $5 ticket), rank #74 of 84 in Florida. The best $5 alternative today is Bonus Letter Crossword (#1557, $5) at 91.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Emerald Mine 9X tickets are left?

We estimate 1,780,066 of roughly 22,630,920 printed tickets are unsold (92.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Emerald Mine 9X launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on December 4, 2023. It is still on sale.

Emerald Mine 9X — $5 Florida Scratch-Off #5055

Data captured September 9, 2026 · launched December 4, 2023

Emerald Mine 9X Florida scratch-off ticket

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Emerald Mine 9X (#5055) is a $5 Florida scratch-off launched on December 4, 2023. As of September 9, 2026 it ranks #74 of 84 active games on current payout (66.5%, $3.32 expected back per ticket) and #23 of 25 $5 games, #69 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.27) and #26 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,780,066). Since launch the payout has fallen 2.9 points (69.3% at launch) and the any-prize odds have worsened 6.8% (1 in 4.00 at launch). 1 of 10 top prizes of $500,000 remain, and we estimate 1,780,066 tickets are still unsold (92.5% sold). That is below average for Florida; the Florida ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout

66.5%

69.3% at launch

Expected value

$3.32

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.27

1 in 4.00 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.27

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 7.49

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 10,854

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

1 of 10

$500,000 each

Tickets remaining

7.5%

≈ 1,780,066 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Emerald Mine 9X, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 416,913 of 5,661,431 prizes (7.4%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$500,000	1 in 2,263,026	1 in 1,780,066	10	9	1	10.0%
$10,000	1 in 411,459	1 in 222,508	55	47	8	14.5%
$2,000	1 in 224,062	1 in 296,678	101	95	6	5.9%
$1,000	1 in 11,930	1 in 11,947	1,897	1,748	149	7.9%
$500	1 in 3,021	1 in 3,828	7,490	7,025	465	6.2%
$250	1 in 2,006	1 in 2,402	11,282	10,541	741	6.6%
$100	1 in 240.0	1 in 270.1	94,384	87,793	6,591	7.0%
$50	1 in 238.0	1 in 232.2	95,162	87,496	7,666	8.1%
$40	1 in 238.0	1 in 306.1	95,214	89,398	5,816	6.1%
$30	1 in 300.0	1 in 382.7	75,376	70,725	4,651	6.2%
$20	1 in 60.0	1 in 53.7	377,171	344,023	33,148	8.8%
$10	1 in 9.00	1 in 9.98	2,640,197	2,461,756	178,441	6.8%
$5	1 in 10.0	1 in 9.93	2,263,092	2,083,862	179,230	7.9%
All prizes	1 in 4.00	1 in 4.27	5,661,431	5,244,518	416,913	7.4%

How Emerald Mine 9X has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Emerald Mine 9X. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 9, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 149 remain.
September 24, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 224 remain.
September 23, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 225 remain.
September 20, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.
September 18, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 226 remain.
September 10, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 227 remain.
September 6, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 228 remain.
September 4, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 229 remain.
September 3, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 230 remain.
August 29, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 232 remain.
August 15, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 233 remain.
August 14, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 236 remain.

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

Emerald Mine 9X: common questions

How many $500,000 prizes are left in Emerald Mine 9X?: 1 of 10 as of September 9, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,780,066.
What are the odds of winning anything on Emerald Mine 9X?: 1 in 4.27 today, compared with 1 in 4.00 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.27, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.49.
Is Emerald Mine 9X worth buying?: Its current payout is 66.5% ($3.32 back per $5 ticket), rank #74 of 84 in Florida. The best $5 alternative today is Bonus Letter Crossword (#1557, $5) at 91.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Emerald Mine 9X tickets are left?: We estimate 1,780,066 of roughly 22,630,920 printed tickets are unsold (92.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Emerald Mine 9X launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on December 4, 2023. It is still on sale.

Other $5 Florida scratch-offs

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