Candy Cane Cash — $2 Mississippi Scratch-Off #223
Candy Cane Cash (#223) was a $2 Mississippi scratch-off launched on November 4, 2025. Its final figures, from October 14, 2026, were 69.2% payout ($1.38 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.51 for any prize and 1 in 68,380 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 5.6 points (63.6% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 25.3% (1 in 4.40 at launch). 1 of 10 top prizes of $500 were never claimed, and we estimate 88.6% of its tickets had sold. Candy Cane Cash is no longer on sale in Mississippi; the figures below are final as of October 14, 2026 and prizes can be claimed until October 6, 2026.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Candy Cane Cash, 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, 19,469 of 136,670 prizes (14.2%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 60,135 | 1 in 68,380 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10.0% |
| $100 | 1 in 20,045 | 1 in 22,793 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 10.0% |
| $50 | 1 in 471.3 | 1 in 670.4 | 1,276 | 1,174 | 102 | 8.0% |
| $20 | 1 in 85.3 | 1 in 92.0 | 7,048 | 6,305 | 743 | 10.5% |
| $10 | 1 in 33.3 | 1 in 33.8 | 18,082 | 16,057 | 2,025 | 11.2% |
| $5 | 1 in 12.0 | 1 in 10.1 | 50,144 | 43,348 | 6,796 | 13.6% |
| $2 | 1 in 10.0 | 1 in 6.98 | 60,080 | 50,281 | 9,799 | 16.3% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.40 | 1 in 3.51 | 136,670 | 117,201 | 19,469 | 14.2% |
How Candy Cane Cash has moved
Candy Cane Cash: common questions
- How many $500 prizes are left in Candy Cane Cash?
- 1 of 10 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 68,380.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Candy Cane Cash?
- 1 in 3.51 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.40 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.51, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 7.07.
- Is Candy Cane Cash worth buying?
- Its current payout is 69.2% ($1.38 back per $2 ticket), rank #— 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 $2 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is Bring the Heat (#172, $2) at 65.1%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Candy Cane Cash tickets are left?
- We estimate 68,380 of roughly 601,348 printed tickets are unsold (88.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Candy Cane Cash launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on November 4, 2025. It has ended.
Other $2 Mississippi scratch-offs
- Lucky Doubler — 97.6% payout, 1 in 2.45 any prize
- $20,000 Power Shot — 95.2% payout, 1 in 2.35 any prize
- It Takes 2 — 89.3% payout, 1 in 2.95 any prize
- WINNER$ GALORE — 83.1% payout, 1 in 2.92 any prize
- Emerald 8s — 82.4% payout, 1 in 2.93 any prize