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$5,000,000 Fortune — $50 Maryland Scratch-Off #734

Data captured · launched February 10, 2025

$5,000,000 Fortune (#734) is a $50 Maryland scratch-off launched on February 10, 2025. As of November 5, 2026 it ranks #26 of 59 active games on current payout (74.1%, $37.05 expected back per ticket) and #3 of 3 $50 games, #6 on any-prize odds (1 in 2.82) and #54 on top-prize odds (1 in 906,249). Since launch the payout has fallen 4.7 points (78.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 9.7% (1 in 2.55 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $5,000,000 remain, and we estimate 906,249 tickets are still unsold (72.4% 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
74.1%
78.8% at launch
Expected value
$37.05
per $50 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 2.82
1 in 2.55 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 2.82
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 5.78
win more than $50
$600+ odds
1 in 2,294
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
1 of 3
$5,000,000 each
Tickets remaining
27.6%
≈ 906,249 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $5,000,000 Fortune, 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 Maryland game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 320,998 of 1,288,903 prizes (24.9%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$5,000,000 1 in 1,095,568 1 in 906,249 3 2 1 33.3%
$100,000 1 in 365,189 1 in 453,124 9 7 2 22.2%
$50,000 1 in 365,189 1 in 226,562 9 5 4 44.4%
$10,000 1 in 36,519 1 in 37,760 90 66 24 26.7%
$5,000 1 in 13,695 1 in 15,899 240 183 57 23.8%
$1,000 1 in 3,043 1 in 2,952 1,080 773 307 28.4%
$500 1 in 225.4 1 in 248.1 14,581 10,928 3,653 25.1%
$200 1 in 26.6 1 in 29.7 123,400 92,905 30,495 24.7%
$100 1 in 10.0 1 in 11.1 328,426 246,968 81,458 24.8%
$75 1 in 20.0 1 in 22.2 164,213 123,301 40,912 24.9%
$50 1 in 5.00 1 in 5.52 656,852 492,767 164,085 25.0%
All prizes1 in 2.551 in 2.82 1,288,903967,905 320,99824.9%

How $5,000,000 Fortune has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $5,000,000 Fortune. 47 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

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

$5,000,000 Fortune: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in $5,000,000 Fortune?
1 of 3 as of November 5, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 906,249.
What are the odds of winning anything on $5,000,000 Fortune?
1 in 2.82 as of November 5, 2026, compared with 1 in 2.55 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.82, and the odds of winning more than the $50 ticket price are 1 in 5.78.
Is $5,000,000 Fortune worth buying?
Its current payout is 74.1% ($37.05 back per $50 ticket), rank #26 of 59 in Maryland. The best $50 alternative as of November 5, 2026 is $5,000,000 LUXE (#789, $50) at 77.7%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $5,000,000 Fortune tickets are left?
We estimate 906,249 of roughly 3,286,703 printed tickets are unsold (72.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $5,000,000 Fortune launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on February 10, 2025. It is still on sale.

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