Which lottery tickets are actually worth buying?
We follow every scratch and draw game, keep track of how many prizes are still out there, and work out how much each $1 you spend really gets back.
Pick your state
- CA California Best: $0.86 back per $1
- CO Colorado Best: $0.84 back per $1
- CT Connecticut Best: $1.32 back per $1
- FL Florida Best: $0.93 back per $1
- GA Georgia Best: $2.30 back per $1
- IL Illinois Best: $0.84 back per $1
- KS Kansas
- NJ New Jersey Best: $0.84 back per $1
- NY New York Best: $1.00 back per $1
- OK Oklahoma Best: $0.90 back per $1
- TX Texas Best: $0.82 back per $1
Coming soon
Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
No state lottery: Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah.
Best scratch games in the country
Highest estimated payout across every state we follow.
$20
Georgia
$20 Big Georgia Raffle
- Top prize
- $2,000,000
- Top prizes left
- 1 of 4
$30
Connecticut
DIAMONDS & GOLD
- Top prize
- $1,000,000
- Top prizes left
- 1 of 3
$10
Georgia
Instant Cash
- Top prize
- $1,000,000
- Top prizes left
- 1 of 3
$2
New York
20Xtra
- Top prize
- $25,000
- Top prizes left
- 0 of 6
Ending · claim by Jul 9, 2027
$3
Connecticut
LOTERIA™
- Top prize
- $30,000
- Top prizes left
- 2 of 3
$30
Florida
FLORIDA 300X THE CASH
- Top prize
- $15,000,000
- Top prizes left
- 1 of 4
What does "back per $1" mean?
It's how much money you can expect to win back, on average, for every dollar you spend. A game showing $0.70 pays back about 70 cents per dollar over many tickets. Higher is better. Almost every game is below $1, because that's how lotteries raise money.
Scratch games print a fixed number of prizes. When most of the small prizes have been claimed but the big ones are still out there, the tickets left in stores are worth more than when the game launched. When the top prizes are gone, they're worth less. We check each lottery's prize reports every day so you can see the difference.