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Decent valueActiveMAGNIFICENT MILLIONS · $20 · Missouri Lottery
MAGNIFICENT MILLIONS: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.92 on average.
▲ +1.9 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $20 MO gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:54 PM
▲ +1.9 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $20 MO gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:54 PM
MAGNIFICENT MILLIONS is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.6%, up 1.9 percentage points from the launch value of 77.7%. 1 of the original 2 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 64% of the 3.3M printed tickets have been sold.
79.6%
expected return
1 in 3.04
odds of any win
1 of 2
$2M jackpots left
64%
claimed · 2.1M of 3.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 389,560 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 1,113 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.92 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.70 · 68.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.54 · 2.7% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.69 · 8.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.2%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.2M 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
389,136 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
64% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
3.3M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 64%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
36%
50% of top prizes remain with only 36% 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 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:54 PM.
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