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Wild Money — $5 Mississippi Scratch-Off #186

Final figures from October 14, 2026 · launched October 1, 2024 · ended

Wild Money (#186) was a $5 Mississippi scratch-off launched on October 1, 2024. Its final figures, from October 14, 2026, were 92.7% payout ($4.64 expected back per ticket), 1 in 2.19 for any prize and — for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 24.4 points (68.3% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 83.4% (1 in 4.02 at launch). 0 of 2 top prizes of $100,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 96.8% of its tickets had sold. Wild Money is no longer on sale in Mississippi; the figures below are final as of October 14, 2026 and prizes can be claimed until October 6, 2026.

Current payout
92.7%
68.3% at launch
Expected value
$4.64
per $5 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 2.19
1 in 4.02 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 2.19
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 4.42
win more than $5
$600+ odds
—
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
0 of 2
$100,000 each
Tickets remaining
3.2%
≈ 44,874 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Wild Money, 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, 20,470 of 344,181 prizes (5.9%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$100,000 1 in 691,804 all claimed 2 2 0 0.0%
$10,000 1 in 345,902 all claimed 4 4 0 0.0%
$500 1 in 3,987 1 in 4,487 347 337 10 2.9%
$200 1 in 4,771 1 in 6,411 290 283 7 2.4%
$100 1 in 299.2 1 in 377.1 4,625 4,506 119 2.6%
$50 1 in 87.0 1 in 98.4 15,898 15,442 456 2.9%
$20 1 in 59.9 1 in 49.0 23,080 22,164 916 4.0%
$15 1 in 30.0 1 in 21.0 46,139 44,000 2,139 4.6%
$10 1 in 12.0 1 in 6.91 115,365 108,869 6,496 5.6%
$5 1 in 9.99 1 in 4.35 138,431 128,104 10,327 7.5%
All prizes1 in 4.021 in 2.19 344,181323,711 20,4705.9%

How Wild Money has moved

91% 93% 94% Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Wild Money. 23 daily readings.

Wild Money: common questions

How many $100,000 prizes are left in Wild Money?
0 of 2 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 Wild Money?
1 in 2.19 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.02 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.19, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 4.42.
Is Wild Money worth buying?
Its current payout is 92.7% ($4.64 back per $5 ticket), rank #— 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 $5 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is Money Bags (#241, $5) at 74.3%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Wild Money tickets are left?
We estimate 44,874 of roughly 1,383,608 printed tickets are unsold (96.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Wild Money launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on October 1, 2024. It has ended.

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