MD · #732 · $5

Big Money

Maryland· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

57th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Big Money is a $5 scratch-off game from the Maryland (game #732). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $50 remains unclaimed, as published by the Maryland. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.83. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.69 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.14% of $50,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 57th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$50K
1/7
14%
$5K
3/16
$1K
6/24
$500
138/1.1K
$250
265/2.1K
$100
554/4.2K
$50
9.5K/72.4K
$25
9.3K/68.5K
$15
18.8K/136.9K
$10
43.3K/308.1K
$5
74.1K/479.3K

Total unclaimed prize value: $2.05M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 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 · 57th
USA: 57th percentileMD: 31th 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 · -25%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 25% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

Price vs EV — MD field

100 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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