Bits & Odds

It Takes 2 — $2 Mississippi Scratch-Off #175

Data captured · launched July 2, 2024

It Takes 2 (#175) is a $2 Mississippi scratch-off launched on July 2, 2024. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #11 of 71 active games on current payout (89.3%, $1.79 expected back per ticket) and #3 of 21 $2 games, #16 on any-prize odds (1 in 2.95) and #66 on top-prize odds (—). Since launch the payout has risen 25.8 points (63.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 57.7% (1 in 4.65 at launch). 0 of 3 top prizes of $20,000 remain, and we estimate 89,471 tickets are still unsold (94.6% 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: the any-prize odds have moved from 1 in 4.65 to 1 in 2.95, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 0.05 million and 0.17 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).

Current payout
89.3%
63.5% at launch
Expected value
$1.79
per $2 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 2.95
1 in 4.65 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 2.95
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 6.24
win more than $2
$600+ odds
—
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
0 of 3
$20,000 each
Tickets remaining
5.4%
≈ 89,471 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in It Takes 2, 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, 30,348 of 359,543 prizes (8.4%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$20,000 1 in 557,292 all claimed 3 3 0 0.0%
$2,000 1 in 278,646 all claimed 6 6 0 0.0%
$500 1 in 39,807 1 in 89,471 42 41 1 2.4%
$100 1 in 1,983 1 in 1,491 843 783 60 7.1%
$50 1 in 2,819 1 in 2,982 593 563 30 5.1%
$25 1 in 1,237 1 in 2,033 1,352 1,308 44 3.3%
$20 1 in 199.5 1 in 106.3 8,379 7,537 842 10.0%
$15 1 in 75.1 1 in 78.4 22,269 21,128 1,141 5.1%
$10 1 in 33.3 1 in 19.0 50,174 45,455 4,719 9.4%
$5 1 in 15.4 1 in 11.9 108,677 101,176 7,501 6.9%
$2 1 in 10.00 1 in 5.59 167,205 151,195 16,010 9.6%
All prizes1 in 4.651 in 2.95 359,543329,195 30,3488.4%

How It Takes 2 has moved

69% 80% 91% Sep 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking It Takes 2. 44 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

It Takes 2: common questions

How many $20,000 prizes are left in It Takes 2?
0 of 3 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 It Takes 2?
1 in 2.95 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.65 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.95, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 6.24.
Is It Takes 2 worth buying?
Its current payout is 89.3% ($1.79 back per $2 ticket), rank #11 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 It Takes 2 tickets are left?
We estimate 89,471 of roughly 1,671,875 printed tickets are unsold (94.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did It Takes 2 launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on July 2, 2024. It is still on sale.

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