Holiday Hoopla — $5 Mississippi Scratch-Off #270
Holiday Hoopla (#270) is a $5 Mississippi scratch-off launched on November 3, 2026. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #35 of 71 active games on current payout (69.7%, $3.48 expected back per ticket) and #14 of 21 $5 games, #37 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.07) and #27 on top-prize odds (1 in 365,536). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.2 points (69.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.4% (1 in 4.05 at launch). 2 of 2 top prizes of $100,000 remain, and we estimate 731,073 tickets are still unsold (2.9% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Holiday Hoopla, 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, 179,739 of 185,889 prizes (96.7%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 376,425 | 1 in 365,536 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 250,950 | 1 in 243,691 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 5,882 | 1 in 5,849 | 128 | 3 | 125 | 97.7% |
| $200 | 1 in 3,881 | 1 in 4,017 | 194 | 12 | 182 | 93.8% |
| $100 | 1 in 465.0 | 1 in 468.0 | 1,619 | 57 | 1,562 | 96.5% |
| $50 | 1 in 150.8 | 1 in 151.9 | 4,994 | 182 | 4,812 | 96.4% |
| $25 | 1 in 47.8 | 1 in 48.0 | 15,736 | 516 | 15,220 | 96.7% |
| $20 | 1 in 30.0 | 1 in 30.1 | 25,120 | 848 | 24,272 | 96.6% |
| $10 | 1 in 12.0 | 1 in 12.1 | 62,672 | 2,110 | 60,562 | 96.6% |
| $5 | 1 in 9.98 | 1 in 10.0 | 75,421 | 2,422 | 72,999 | 96.8% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.05 | 1 in 4.07 | 185,889 | 6,150 | 179,739 | 96.7% |
How Holiday Hoopla has moved
Holiday Hoopla: common questions
- How many $100,000 prizes are left in Holiday Hoopla?
- 2 of 2 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 365,536.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Holiday Hoopla?
- 1 in 4.07 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.05 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.07, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.85.
- Is Holiday Hoopla worth buying?
- Its current payout is 69.7% ($3.48 back per $5 ticket), rank #35 of 71 in Mississippi. 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 Holiday Hoopla tickets are left?
- We estimate 731,073 of roughly 752,850 printed tickets are unsold (2.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Holiday Hoopla launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on November 3, 2026. It is still on sale.
Other $5 Mississippi scratch-offs
- Double the Money — 125.1% payout, 1 in 2.24 any prize
- Break the Bank — 121.0% payout, 1 in 1.70 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