MS · #234 · $2

The Three Stooges

Mississippi· Launched Feb 2026· 183 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.58

USA percentile

13th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$25,000 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.

The Three Stooges is a $2 scratch-off game from the Mississippi (game #234). It launched in February 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $25 remains unclaimed, as published by the Mississippi. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.55. Our models put its expected value at 0.58 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.58 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.58 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.33% of $25,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 13th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$25K
1/3
33%
$1.5K
0/4
$500
3/16
$300
29/210
$100
69/473
$30
391/2.4K
$20
781/3.3K
$15
1.2K/6.7K
$10
3.8K/20.0K
$5
21.6K/86.9K
$2
26.7K/100.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $287,387 — 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 MS games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
MS median0.60 EV/$
YOU · 13th
USA: 13th percentileMS: 43th 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 — MS field

96 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.250.500.96YOU

No other active MS 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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