Merry Money — $20 Iowa Scratch Game #811
As of October 14, 2026, Merry Money ($20, #811) still has 4 of 4 $250,000 top prizes unclaimed (100% of those printed). It is #4 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 2.90.
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 eight prize levels of Merry Money 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| $5,000 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| $2,000 | 59 | 62 | 3 |
| $1,000 | 129 | 131 | 2 |
| $500 | 634 | 645 | 11 |
| $200 | 810 | 826 | 16 |
| $100 | 4,111 | 4,190 | 79 |
| $50 | 32,909 | 33,578 | 669 |
Merry Money: common questions
- How many $250,000 top prizes are left in Merry Money?
- 4 of the 4 printed, as of October 14, 2026.
- What are the odds of winning on Merry Money?
- Iowa prints overall odds of 1 in 2.90 for Merry Money: 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 Merry Money 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 4 left).
- How does Merry Money compare with other $20 Iowa scratch games?
- 4 of the 4 $20 games Iowa lists still have a top prize unclaimed. Merry Money is #4 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 $20 Iowa scratch games
- 100X The Cash — top prize $250,000, 8 of 8 left, overall odds 1 in 2.88
- MONOPOLY DOUBLER (#783) — top prize $250,000, 9 of 11 left, overall odds 1 in 2.90
- 200X THE WIN — top prize $250,000, 8 of 10 left, overall odds 1 in 2.89