IA · #796 · $5

MEGA BUCKS

Iowa· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

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USA percentile

0th

of 2,154 games

Top prizes left

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

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2026-10-25

Forecast sellout

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MEGA BUCKS is a $5 scratch-off game from the Iowa lottery (game #796). As of the most recent daily scan, 4 top prizes of $50,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the Iowa lottery.

Prize ladder

5 tiers · % remaining

$50K

4/6

67%

$1K

114/158

$250

947/1.3K

$100

1.7K/2.3K

$50

2.3K/3.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $837,350 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,154 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active IA games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$

IA median

YOU · 0th

USA: 0th percentileIA: 0th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection

Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers

30d ago15dlast 7d · +8%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — IA field

78 games · break-even highlighted

Not enough games with EV data to render scatter plot.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.

States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.

ABOUT THIS GAME

MEGA BUCKS: prizes, value and pace

As of October 25, 2026, 4 of the 6 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 5 prize levels the lottery reports, 5,095 of 6,915 prizes (74%) remain.

Over the last 30 days, 379 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.

Figures come from the prize data the Iowa lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 25, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.

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