The Three Stooges — $2 Mississippi Scratch-Off #234
The Three Stooges (#234) is a $2 Mississippi scratch-off launched on February 3, 2026. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #21 of 71 active games on current payout (75.2%, $1.50 expected back per ticket) and #7 of 21 $2 games, #24 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.49) and #12 on top-prize odds (1 in 177,660). Since launch the payout has risen 11.7 points (63.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 30.4% (1 in 4.55 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $25,000 remain, and we estimate 177,660 tickets are still unsold (82.3% 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 4.55 to 1 in 3.49, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 0.13 million and 0.25 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).
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in The Three Stooges, 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, 50,906 of 220,252 prizes (23.1%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 in 334,049 | 1 in 177,660 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33.3% |
| $1,500 | 1 in 250,537 | all claimed | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 62,634 | 1 in 59,220 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 18.8% |
| $300 | 1 in 4,772 | 1 in 7,106 | 210 | 185 | 25 | 11.9% |
| $100 | 1 in 2,119 | 1 in 3,011 | 473 | 414 | 59 | 12.5% |
| $30 | 1 in 421.1 | 1 in 509.1 | 2,380 | 2,031 | 349 | 14.7% |
| $20 | 1 in 300.0 | 1 in 243.0 | 3,340 | 2,609 | 731 | 21.9% |
| $15 | 1 in 150.0 | 1 in 161.1 | 6,682 | 5,579 | 1,103 | 16.5% |
| $10 | 1 in 50.0 | 1 in 51.1 | 20,048 | 16,572 | 3,476 | 17.3% |
| $5 | 1 in 11.5 | 1 in 8.81 | 86,866 | 66,704 | 20,162 | 23.2% |
| $2 | 1 in 10.00 | 1 in 7.11 | 100,230 | 75,233 | 24,997 | 24.9% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.55 | 1 in 3.49 | 220,252 | 169,346 | 50,906 | 23.1% |
How The Three Stooges has moved
The Three Stooges: common questions
- How many $25,000 prizes are left in The Three Stooges?
- 1 of 3 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 177,660.
- What are the odds of winning anything on The Three Stooges?
- 1 in 3.49 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.55 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.49, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 6.86.
- Is The Three Stooges worth buying?
- Its current payout is 75.2% ($1.50 back per $2 ticket), rank #21 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 The Three Stooges tickets are left?
- We estimate 177,660 of roughly 1,002,147 printed tickets are unsold (82.3% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did The Three Stooges launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on February 3, 2026. It is still on sale.
Other $2 Mississippi scratch-offs
- Lucky Doubler — 97.6% payout, 1 in 2.45 any prize
- $20,000 Power Shot — 95.2% payout, 1 in 2.35 any prize
- It Takes 2 — 89.3% payout, 1 in 2.95 any prize
- WINNER$ GALORE — 83.1% payout, 1 in 2.92 any prize
- Emerald 8s — 82.4% payout, 1 in 2.93 any prize