How many $300,000 prizes are left in Jungle Cashword?

3 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,068,174.

What are the odds of winning anything on Jungle Cashword?

1 in 4.56 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.70 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.56, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.44.

Is Jungle Cashword worth buying?

Its current payout is 59.2% ($2.96 back per $5 ticket), rank #102 of 107 in Michigan. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Make It Rein (#0673, $5) at 74.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Jungle Cashword tickets are left?

We estimate 3,204,521 of roughly 10,174,404 printed tickets are unsold (68.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Jungle Cashword launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on September 2, 2025. It is still on sale.

Jungle Cashword — $5 Michigan Scratch-Off #0659

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:03 UTC · launched September 2, 2025

Jungle Cashword Michigan scratch-off ticket

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Jungle Cashword (#0659) is a $5 Michigan scratch-off launched on September 2, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #102 of 107 active games on current payout (59.2%, $2.96 expected back per ticket) and #31 of 31 $5 games, #89 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.56) and #18 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,068,174). Since launch the payout has fallen 10.9 points (70.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 18.8% (1 in 3.70 at launch). 3 of 3 top prizes of $300,000 remain, and we estimate 3,204,521 tickets are still unsold (68.5% sold). That is below average for Michigan; the Michigan ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout

59.2%

70.1% at launch

Expected value

$2.96

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.56

1 in 3.70 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.56

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 7.44

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 145,660

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

3 of 3

$300,000 each

Tickets remaining

31.5%

≈ 3,204,521 tickets

Lots sold, few top prizes claimed. 69% sold and no top prize claimed yet: better jackpot odds than on launch day (1 in 1.1 million, was 1 in 3.4 million). More Michigan games like this.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Jungle Cashword, 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 Michigan game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 703,447 of 2,749,839 prizes (25.6%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$300,000	1 in 3,391,468	1 in 1,068,174	3	0	3	100.0%
$10,000	1 in 1,017,440	1 in 1,602,261	10	8	2	20.0%
$2,000	1 in 149,624	1 in 188,501	68	51	17	25.0%
$100	1 in 1,193	1 in 1,593	8,527	6,515	2,012	23.6%
$75	1 in 853.6	1 in 1,172	11,919	9,184	2,735	22.9%
$50	1 in 112.2	1 in 151.0	90,708	69,480	21,228	23.4%
$30	1 in 109.0	1 in 145.1	93,329	71,251	22,078	23.7%
$20	1 in 20.0	1 in 26.3	509,055	387,016	122,039	24.0%
$10	1 in 9.99	1 in 12.3	1,018,110	757,782	260,328	25.6%
$5	1 in 9.99	1 in 11.7	1,018,110	745,105	273,005	26.8%
All prizes	1 in 3.70	1 in 4.56	2,749,839	2,046,392	703,447	25.6%

How Jungle Cashword has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Jungle Cashword. 75 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 3, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 17 remain.
September 29, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 18 remain.
September 23, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 19 remain.
September 22, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 20 remain.
September 16, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 21 remain.
September 26, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 65 remain.
September 13, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 66 remain.
September 10, 2025: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.
September 9, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 67 remain.

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

Jungle Cashword: common questions

How many $300,000 prizes are left in Jungle Cashword?: 3 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,068,174.
What are the odds of winning anything on Jungle Cashword?: 1 in 4.56 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.70 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.56, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.44.
Is Jungle Cashword worth buying?: Its current payout is 59.2% ($2.96 back per $5 ticket), rank #102 of 107 in Michigan. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Make It Rein (#0673, $5) at 74.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Jungle Cashword tickets are left?: We estimate 3,204,521 of roughly 10,174,404 printed tickets are unsold (68.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Jungle Cashword launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on September 2, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $5 Michigan scratch-offs

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Lucky Stars — 73.2% payout, 1 in 4.06 any prize
Win Big — 72.0% payout, 1 in 3.98 any prize

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