Bits & Odds

Home Run Riches — $2 Mississippi Scratch-Off #166

Data captured · launched April 2, 2024

Home Run Riches (#166) is a $2 Mississippi scratch-off launched on April 2, 2024. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #44 of 71 active games on current payout (63.3%, $1.27 expected back per ticket) and #11 of 21 $2 games, #58 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.76) and #40 on top-prize odds (1 in 701,647). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.1 points (63.4% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 3.7% (1 in 4.94 at launch). 1 of 2 top prizes of $20,000 remain, and we estimate 701,647 tickets are still unsold (59.2% sold). That is below average for Mississippi; the Mississippi ranking lists show better payouts, including at $2.

Current payout
63.3%
63.4% at launch
Expected value
$1.27
per $2 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 4.76
1 in 4.94 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 4.76
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 9.74
win more than $2
$600+ odds
1 in 233,882
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
1 of 2
$20,000 each
Tickets remaining
40.8%
≈ 701,647 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Home Run Riches, 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, 147,286 of 348,362 prizes (42.3%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$20,000 1 in 860,454 1 in 701,647 2 1 1 50.0%
$2,000 1 in 344,182 1 in 350,823 5 3 2 40.0%
$500 1 in 39,112 1 in 41,273 44 27 17 38.6%
$200 1 in 2,361 1 in 2,436 729 441 288 39.5%
$100 1 in 1,260 1 in 1,352 1,366 847 519 38.0%
$50 1 in 802.7 1 in 880.4 2,144 1,347 797 37.2%
$20 1 in 75.0 1 in 77.7 22,936 13,901 9,035 39.4%
$10 1 in 50.0 1 in 51.4 34,411 20,767 13,644 39.7%
$5 1 in 15.0 1 in 14.7 114,690 66,936 47,754 41.6%
$2 1 in 10.0 1 in 9.33 172,035 96,806 75,229 43.7%
All prizes1 in 4.941 in 4.76 348,362201,076 147,28642.3%

How Home Run Riches has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Home Run Riches. 44 daily readings.

Home Run Riches: common questions

How many $20,000 prizes are left in Home Run Riches?
1 of 2 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 701,647.
What are the odds of winning anything on Home Run Riches?
1 in 4.76 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.94 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.76, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 9.74.
Is Home Run Riches worth buying?
Its current payout is 63.3% ($1.27 back per $2 ticket), rank #44 of 71 in Mississippi. 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 Home Run Riches tickets are left?
We estimate 701,647 of roughly 1,720,908 printed tickets are unsold (59.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Home Run Riches launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on April 2, 2024. It is still on sale.

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