Blazing Hot Bucks — $5 Mississippi Scratch-Off #206
Blazing Hot Bucks (#206) is a $5 Mississippi scratch-off launched on May 6, 2025. As of September 22, 2026 it ranks #4 of 76 active games on current payout (105.1%, $5.26 expected back per ticket) and #4 of 21 $5 games, #3 on any-prize odds (1 in 2.05) and #51 on top-prize odds (—). Since launch the payout has risen 36.3 points (68.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 93.0% (1 in 3.95 at launch). 0 of 2 top prizes of $100,000 remain, and we estimate 34,407 tickets are still unsold (97.0% sold). That puts it among the best Mississippi scratch-offs to buy right now. Note: a payout above 100% means the unclaimed prizes are worth more than the remaining tickets cost. That is genuinely possible this far into a game's run, but it is also where our ticket-count estimate is weakest, so read it as "unusually rich", not as a guarantee (how we calculate this).
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Blazing Hot Bucks, 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, 16,808 of 285,647 prizes (5.9%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 564,153 | all claimed | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 376,102 | all claimed | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 282,076 | all claimed | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 12,003 | 1 in 17,203 | 94 | 92 | 2 | 2.1% |
| $100 | 1 in 400.4 | 1 in 344.1 | 2,818 | 2,718 | 100 | 3.5% |
| $50 | 1 in 209.0 | 1 in 202.4 | 5,399 | 5,229 | 170 | 3.1% |
| $25 | 1 in 48.1 | 1 in 34.8 | 23,481 | 22,492 | 989 | 4.2% |
| $20 | 1 in 24.0 | 1 in 15.3 | 47,043 | 44,799 | 2,244 | 4.8% |
| $10 | 1 in 12.0 | 1 in 6.82 | 93,932 | 88,888 | 5,044 | 5.4% |
| $5 | 1 in 10.00 | 1 in 4.17 | 112,871 | 104,612 | 8,259 | 7.3% |
| All prizes | 1 in 3.95 | 1 in 2.05 | 285,647 | 268,839 | 16,808 | 5.9% |
How Blazing Hot Bucks has moved
Blazing Hot Bucks: common questions
- How many $100,000 prizes are left in Blazing Hot Bucks?
- 0 of 2 as of September 22, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Blazing Hot Bucks?
- 1 in 2.05 today, compared with 1 in 3.95 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.05, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 4.02.
- Is Blazing Hot Bucks worth buying?
- Its current payout is 105.1% ($5.26 back per $5 ticket), rank #4 of 76 in Mississippi. The best $5 alternative today is Double the Money (#229, $5) at 125.5%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Blazing Hot Bucks tickets are left?
- We estimate 34,407 of roughly 1,128,306 printed tickets are unsold (97.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Blazing Hot Bucks launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on May 6, 2025. It is still on sale.
Other $5 Mississippi scratch-offs
- Double the Money — 125.5% payout, 1 in 2.23 any prize
- Break the Bank — 120.9% payout, 1 in 1.70 any prize
- Gold Bar Bingo — 105.7% payout, 1 in 2.09 any prize
- CA$HTASTIC — 104.4% payout, 1 in 1.91 any prize
- Elvis — 93.2% payout, 1 in 2.07 any prize