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Decent valueActiveDIAMONDS & GOLD · $20 · Missouri Lottery
DIAMONDS & GOLD: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.70 on average.
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $20 MO gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $20 MO gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
DIAMONDS & GOLD is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.5%, up 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 77.7%. 1 of the original 2 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 54% of the 3.3M printed tickets have been sold.
78.5%
expected return
1 in 3.0
odds of any win
1 of 2
$2M jackpots left
54%
claimed · 1.8M of 3.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 493,679 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,117 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.70 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.71 · 68.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.65 · 3.3% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.33 · 6.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.8%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.5M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
493,145 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
54% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2024.
3.3M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 54%
1.5M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
46%
50% of top prizes remain with only 46% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Missouri Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 MO peers
#2 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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