Break the Bank — $5 Mississippi Scratch-Off #217
Break the Bank (#217) is a $5 Mississippi scratch-off launched on August 5, 2025. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #2 of 71 active games on current payout (121.0%, $6.05 expected back per ticket) and #2 of 21 $5 games, #1 on any-prize odds (1 in 1.70) and #52 on top-prize odds (—). Since launch the payout has risen 51.7 points (69.3% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 136.5% (1 in 4.01 at launch). 0 of 2 top prizes of $100,000 remain, and we estimate 29,281 tickets are still unsold (97.1% sold). Its current figures fail our plausibility check (the caution below), so whatever its place in the list, we do not count it among the best Mississippi scratch-offs to buy. A caution on the current figures: a current payout of 121.0% says the unclaimed prizes are worth more than the unsold tickets cost. A game can get there late in its run, when large prizes go unhit, but that is also where our estimate of the tickets left is least reliable (6.7% of this game's prizes are left), so read the figure as approximate, not as a reason to buy. And the any-prize odds have moved from 1 in 4.01 to 1 in 1.70, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 0.03 million and 0.09 million), usually because small prizes are claimed late, and the current odds and payout lean on that disagreement. The printed odds are the safer guide, and our summaries do not name this game the best of anything (how we estimate).
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Break the Bank, 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 Mississippi game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 17,270 of 256,110 prizes (6.7%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 513,501 | all claimed | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 342,334 | all claimed | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $2,500 | 1 in 256,750 | all claimed | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 23,884 | all claimed | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $250 | 1 in 6,541 | 1 in 14,640 | 157 | 155 | 2 | 1.3% |
| $100 | 1 in 600.2 | 1 in 636.5 | 1,711 | 1,665 | 46 | 2.7% |
| $50 | 1 in 100.3 | 1 in 86.6 | 10,242 | 9,904 | 338 | 3.3% |
| $25 | 1 in 48.0 | 1 in 32.5 | 21,378 | 20,477 | 901 | 4.2% |
| $20 | 1 in 30.0 | 1 in 17.6 | 34,236 | 32,568 | 1,668 | 4.9% |
| $10 | 1 in 12.0 | 1 in 5.29 | 85,632 | 80,096 | 5,536 | 6.5% |
| $5 | 1 in 10.00 | 1 in 3.34 | 102,702 | 93,923 | 8,779 | 8.5% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.01 | 1 in 1.70 | 256,110 | 238,840 | 17,270 | 6.7% |
How Break the Bank has moved
Break the Bank: common questions
- How many $100,000 prizes are left in Break the Bank?
- 0 of 2 as of November 6, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Break the Bank?
- 1 in 1.70 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.01 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 1.70, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 3.45.
- Is Break the Bank worth buying?
- Its current payout is 121.0% ($6.05 back per $5 ticket), rank #2 of 71 in Mississippi. That figure fails our plausibility check (see the caution above), so read it as approximate and not as a reason to buy. The best $5 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is Money Bags (#241, $5) at 74.3%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Break the Bank tickets are left?
- We estimate 29,281 of roughly 1,027,001 printed tickets are unsold (97.1% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Break the Bank launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on August 5, 2025. It is still on sale.
Other $5 Mississippi scratch-offs
- Double the Money — 125.1% payout, 1 in 2.24 any prize
- Gold Bar Bingo — 105.5% payout, 1 in 2.09 any prize
- Blazing Hot Bucks — 105.0% payout, 1 in 2.05 any prize
- 10X — 99.3% payout, 1 in 2.10 any prize
- Elvis — 93.2% payout, 1 in 2.07 any prize