Mega Bucks — $5 Iowa Scratch Game #796
As of October 14, 2026, Mega Bucks ($5, #796) still has 4 of 6 $50,000 top prizes unclaimed (67% of those printed). It is #29 of 50 Iowa scratch games on our list (games with a top prize still unclaimed first, by the share of their top prizes still unclaimed, then by the better overall odds). Iowa prints its overall odds as 1 in 3.67.
No payout figure, on purpose. Iowa publishes only the prizes of $50 and up for each game, with how many have been claimed and how many are left. A payout, an expected value or the odds today each need every prize level and how many were printed, so for Iowa we show exactly what its lottery publishes and compute nothing from it. A figure built from part of a table would be wrong, not rough: it is how one state's partial table produced games that appeared to pay back more than they cost. How we treat partial prize tables.
Prizes remaining, as Iowa publishes them
This is a partial prize table. Iowa publishes the top five prize levels of Mega Bucks and how many of each were printed and are left. The levels below are not published, so they are not here. Nothing in this table is an estimate. For the complete prize structure see the game's page on the Iowa Lottery site.
| Prize | Remaining | Printed | Claimed |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| $1,000 | 123 | 158 | 35 |
| $250 | 964 | 1,265 | 301 |
| $100 | 1,741 | 2,308 | 567 |
| $50 | 2,386 | 3,178 | 792 |
Mega Bucks: common questions
- How many $50,000 top prizes are left in Mega Bucks?
- 4 of the 6 printed, as of October 14, 2026.
- What are the odds of winning on Mega Bucks?
- Iowa prints overall odds of 1 in 3.67 for Mega Bucks: the chance a ticket wins any prize at all, fixed when the game was printed. It does not publish the odds of each prize level, so we do not show any.
- Is Mega Bucks a good scratch game to buy?
- We cannot price it. Iowa publishes only the prizes of $50 and up for each game, with how many have been claimed and how many are left, and a value needs the whole table. What the figures do say is that its top prize is still in play (4 of 6 left).
- How does Mega Bucks compare with other $5 Iowa scratch games?
- 10 of the 10 $5 games Iowa lists still have a top prize unclaimed. Mega Bucks is #29 of 50 on our Iowa list (games with a top prize still unclaimed first, by the share of their top prizes still unclaimed, then by the better overall odds).
- Where do these numbers come from?
- From the Iowa Lottery's own prize figures, read daily. We show its prize levels of $50 and up as published and calculate nothing from them.
Other $5 Iowa scratch games
- Green 7s — top prize $50,000, 6 of 6 left, overall odds 1 in 3.70
- Holiday LUCK X20 — top prize $50,000, 9 of 9 left, overall odds 1 in 3.82
- 20X The Cash — top prize $50,000, 10 of 11 left, overall odds 1 in 3.83
- Cash Payout — top prize $50,000, 6 of 8 left, overall odds 1 in 3.60
- Fab 5s — top prize $50,000, 4 of 6 left, overall odds 1 in 3.46