Money Bags — $5 Mississippi Scratch-Off #241
Money Bags (#241) is a $5 Mississippi scratch-off launched on April 7, 2026. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #24 of 71 active games on current payout (74.3%, $3.71 expected back per ticket) and #10 of 21 $5 games, #33 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.96) and #7 on top-prize odds (1 in 124,445). Since launch the payout has risen 5.4 points (68.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 1.2% (1 in 4.01 at launch). 1 of 2 top prizes of $100,000 remain, and we estimate 124,445 tickets are still unsold (89.0% 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 Money Bags, 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, 31,419 of 281,915 prizes (11.1%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 565,240 | 1 in 124,445 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 376,826 | all claimed | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $2,500 | 1 in 282,620 | all claimed | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 20,187 | 1 in 31,111 | 56 | 52 | 4 | 7.1% |
| $250 | 1 in 8,018 | 1 in 13,827 | 141 | 132 | 9 | 6.4% |
| $100 | 1 in 574.1 | 1 in 870.2 | 1,969 | 1,826 | 143 | 7.3% |
| $50 | 1 in 102.1 | 1 in 142.4 | 11,071 | 10,197 | 874 | 7.9% |
| $25 | 1 in 47.9 | 1 in 55.5 | 23,599 | 21,357 | 2,242 | 9.5% |
| $20 | 1 in 30.0 | 1 in 35.2 | 37,714 | 34,179 | 3,535 | 9.4% |
| $10 | 1 in 12.0 | 1 in 12.4 | 94,205 | 84,175 | 10,030 | 10.6% |
| $5 | 1 in 9.99 | 1 in 8.53 | 113,151 | 98,570 | 14,581 | 12.9% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.01 | 1 in 3.96 | 281,915 | 250,496 | 31,419 | 11.1% |
How Money Bags has moved
Recent claims of $1,000 and up
- September 25, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 0 remain.
Money Bags: common questions
- How many $100,000 prizes are left in Money Bags?
- 1 of 2 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 124,445.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Money Bags?
- 1 in 3.96 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.01 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.96, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.39.
- Is Money Bags worth buying?
- Its current payout is 74.3% ($3.71 back per $5 ticket), rank #24 of 71 in Mississippi. The best $5 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is Ghostbusters (#265, $5) at 72.7%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Money Bags tickets are left?
- We estimate 124,445 of roughly 1,130,479 printed tickets are unsold (89.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Money Bags launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on April 7, 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