Loose Change®
Maryland· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.59
USA percentile
17th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
15
$1,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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Loose Change® is a $1 scratch-off game from the Maryland lottery (game #812). As of the most recent daily scan, 15 top prizes of $1,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the Maryland lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.51. Our models put its expected value at 0.59 per dollar, returning about $0.59 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 3 of 8 $1 games on sale in Maryland.
THE THESIS
At 0.59 EV/$, this game ranks 3 of 8 same-price games on sale in Maryland (median 0.56).
- 1.63% of $1,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 17th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
9 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $1.66M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,154 active gamesWhere 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.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 17% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — MD field
114 games · break-even highlightedNo 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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
Loose Change®: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 15 of the 24 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 9 prize levels the lottery reports, 626,392 of 914,727 prizes (68%) remain.
At current prize levels a $1 ticket returns about $0.59 on average (0.59 per dollar), which ranks 3 of 8 $1 games on sale in Maryland, above the $1 median of 0.56. Among every Maryland game with a computable value it is 104 of 114; nationally it sits in the 17th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 123,384 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 4 top prizes.
Figures come from the prize data the Maryland 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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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a MD game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.