MD · #681 · $50

$5,000,000 CASH

Maryland· scanned yesterday

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.80

USA percentile

92th

of 1,870 games

Top prizes left

2

$5,000,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-06-21

Forecast sellout

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$5,000,000 CASH is a $50 scratch-off game from the Maryland (game #681). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $5M remain unclaimed, as published by the Maryland. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.05. Our models put its expected value at 0.80 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.80 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.80 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.50% of $5.0M prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 92nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

7 tiers · % remaining
$5M
2/4
50%
$100K
5/10
$10K
50/100
$1K
868/1.8K
$200
9.4K/20.0K
$150
100.6K/214.5K
$100
717.2K/1.5M

Total unclaimed prize value: $100.56M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,870 active games

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

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
MD median0.73 EV/$
YOU · 92th
USA: 92th percentileMD: 97th 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 · -11%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — MD field

95 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.250.500.93YOU

No other active MD games currently clear break-even.

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.

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