Money Bags — $5 Mississippi Scratch-Off #241
Money Bags (#241) is a $5 Mississippi scratch-off launched on April 7, 2026. As of September 22, 2026 it ranks #28 of 76 active games on current payout (72.3%, $3.62 expected back per ticket) and #10 of 21 $5 games, #35 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.87) and #16 on top-prize odds (1 in 248,399). Since launch the payout has risen 3.5 points (68.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 3.7% (1 in 4.01 at launch). 1 of 2 top prizes of $100,000 remain, and we estimate 248,399 tickets are still unsold (78.0% 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. Across all tiers, 64,206 of 281,915 prizes (22.8%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 565,240 | 1 in 248,399 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 376,826 | all claimed | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $2,500 | 1 in 282,620 | 1 in 248,399 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 20,187 | 1 in 22,582 | 56 | 45 | 11 | 19.6% |
| $250 | 1 in 8,018 | 1 in 9,936 | 141 | 116 | 25 | 17.7% |
| $100 | 1 in 574.1 | 1 in 627.3 | 1,969 | 1,573 | 396 | 20.1% |
| $50 | 1 in 102.1 | 1 in 111.4 | 11,071 | 8,842 | 2,229 | 20.1% |
| $25 | 1 in 47.9 | 1 in 49.3 | 23,599 | 18,556 | 5,043 | 21.4% |
| $20 | 1 in 30.0 | 1 in 31.3 | 37,714 | 29,775 | 7,939 | 21.1% |
| $10 | 1 in 12.0 | 1 in 11.8 | 94,205 | 73,128 | 21,077 | 22.4% |
| $5 | 1 in 9.99 | 1 in 9.04 | 113,151 | 85,667 | 27,484 | 24.3% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.01 | 1 in 3.87 | 281,915 | 217,709 | 64,206 | 22.8% |
How Money Bags has moved
Money Bags: common questions
- How many $100,000 prizes are left in Money Bags?
- 1 of 2 as of September 22, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 248,399.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Money Bags?
- 1 in 3.87 today, compared with 1 in 4.01 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.87, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.76.
- Is Money Bags worth buying?
- Its current payout is 72.3% ($3.62 back per $5 ticket), rank #28 of 76 in Mississippi. The best $5 alternative today is Double the Money (#229, $5) at 125.5%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Money Bags tickets are left?
- We estimate 248,399 of roughly 1,130,479 printed tickets are unsold (78.0% 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 $5 Mississippi scratch-offs
- Double the Money — 125.5% payout, 1 in 2.23 any prize
- Break the Bank — 120.9% payout, 1 in 1.70 any prize
- Gold Bar Bingo — 105.7% payout, 1 in 2.09 any prize
- Blazing Hot Bucks — 105.1% payout, 1 in 2.05 any prize
- CA$HTASTIC — 104.4% payout, 1 in 1.91 any prize