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Decent valueActiveMONEY · $20 · Missouri Lottery
MONEY: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.32 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $20 MO games
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $20 MO games
MONEY is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.6%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 77.8%. 1 of the original 2 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 42% of the 3.3M printed tickets have been sold.
76.6%
expected return
1 in 3.15
odds of any win
1 of 2
$2M jackpots left
42%
claimed · 1.4M of 3.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 601,130 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $20
$40 – $300, an actual profit
16 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 512 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.32 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.84 · 69.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.42 · 2.1% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.06 · 5.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.3%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.9M 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
600,580 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
42% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
3.3M
tickets printed
1.4M
tickets claimed · 42%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
58%
50% of top prizes remain with 58% 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
#7 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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