MD · #766 · $30

Ace of Spades

Maryland· scanned yesterday

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EV / Dollar

0.79

USA percentile

91th

of 1,870 games

Top prizes left

2

$2,000,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-06-21

Forecast sellout

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Ace of Spades is a $30 scratch-off game from the Maryland (game #766). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $2M remain unclaimed, as published by the Maryland. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 2.73. Our models put its expected value at 0.79 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.79 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.79 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.67% of $2.0M prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 91st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$2M
2/3
67%
$50K
1/3
$5K
363/540
$400
3.3K/5.0K
$200
17.9K/27.0K
$100
64.7K/97.7K
$50
117.6K/177.0K
$40
115.3K/173.2K
$30
206.1K/310.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $33.91M — 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 · 91th
USA: 91th percentileMD: 93th 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 · -13%

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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