TIRAGE NEWS
A weekly read on the lottery market from the Tirage Analysis Desk — the jackpots, new games, and claimed prizes moving the needle across North America and beyond, weighed against the data our surveillance system tracks every day.
The digest lands Sunday, with the movers in the states you follow.
October 21, 2026 · week of October 12, 2026
Six states launched 19 new scratch-offs between October 12 and 18, led by Maryland's six-ticket rack refresh and Wisconsin's unusual $15 Reindeer Countdown, while Ohio's launch drought stretched to roughly 16 weeks. South Carolina's Triple Red 777 gave up its first $500,000 top prize barely ten days after hitting shelves.
Read the wrap →October 13, 2026 · week of October 5, 2026
A dozen states Tirage covers reloaded their racks with winter and holiday instants between October 5 and 11, most on a single day, led by North Carolina's $50 $8 Million Supreme and Virginia's $50 Premier Play. Massachusetts ended an eight-week launch drought, Michigan players claimed $3 million in instant-game prizes, and our models still read Virginia's 50X The Money at about $1.95 per dollar.
Read the wrap →October 6, 2026 · week of September 28, 2026
Eight states Tirage covers launched new scratch-offs between September 28 and October 4, led by Michigan's $50 Ultimate $6,000,000 Blowout!, Arizona's five-ticket holiday wave and North Carolina's first university-branded instants. Georgia players claimed more than $38.6 million in scratch-off prizes, and our models read Virginia's 50X The Money at about $1.80 per dollar, its sixth straight week on top.
Read the wrap →September 28, 2026 · week of September 21, 2026
Florida ended a three-week launch drought with five new instant tickets topped by the $30 $15,000,000 Platinum Payout, while Oklahoma ran the week's largest single-day wave at six games. A Berkeley County player took $500,000 off a South Carolina scratcher less than four weeks old, and our models read Virginia's 50X The Money at about $1.66 per dollar, its fifth straight week on top.
Read the wrap →September 15, 2026 · week of September 7, 2026
Pennsylvania rolled out five new instant tickets and Kentucky six as the autumn seasonal changeover hit the rack, while a Gulfport man claimed a $1 million top prize on Mississippi's $30 Millionaire Maker. Our models read Virginia's 50X The Money at about $1.49 per dollar, its third straight week atop our board.
Read the wrap →August 30, 2026 · week of August 24, 2026
No new instant tickets reached shelves in Tirage's covered states between August 24 and 30, but New Jersey announced a $5 Jon Bon Jovi scratch-off with a $200,000 top prize, and a $20 Georgia scratcher paid out $2.5 million. Our models read Virginia's 50X The Money at about $1.35 per dollar, the strongest premium ticket on the board.
Read the wrap →August 25, 2026 · week of August 18, 2026
Florida launched three new instant tickets spanning $5 to $50 with a combined prize pool north of $890 million, Mississippi's four-game August wave reached full distribution, and Massachusetts closed its first month of digital instants. Our models read Virginia's 50X The Money at roughly $1.30 per dollar, the strongest premium ticket on the board this week.
Read the wrap →August 17, 2026 · week of August 11, 2026
Florida, Texas, Mississippi and New Mexico all pushed new instant tickets into retail, with the premium tier climbing to a $100 Texas ticket carrying four $10 million top prizes. Powerball reset after the $1.04 billion Illinois win, and our models are pointing at Virginia, Michigan and Missouri.
Read the wrap →August 11, 2026 · week of August 4, 2026
New instant-game lineups landed in Mississippi, Florida, New Mexico, and digital-first Massachusetts this week, while Tirage's models flagged a thin set of positive-EV scratch-offs led by Pennsylvania's $500 Cash Money.
Read the wrap →August 4, 2026 · week of July 28, 2026
A wave of new instant-game launches across Mississippi, Florida, New Jersey, New Mexico and Texas defined the week, plus the high-EV scratch-offs our models currently flag—with the $748M Powerball as context.
Read the wrap →July 28, 2026 · week of July 21, 2026
A busy week for instant-game launches across Tirage's coverage map — Florida's five-ticket Bucks family, fresh batches in Texas and New Mexico, and a $50 headliner in Massachusetts — plus our latest EV reads on standout scratch-offs in PA, MI and VA.
Read the wrap →July 20, 2026 · week of July 14, 2026
New instant games hit Florida, Washington, Mississippi and Idaho this week, and our models flag a rare cluster of scratch-offs reading above fair value — while Mega Millions climbs past $700M in the background.
Read the wrap →July 16, 2026 · week of July 7, 2026
New commemorative scratch-offs in Idaho and Colorado and a fresh instant add-on in Arizona headline the week, with several covered games reading favorably on our data feeds and Powerball climbing past $478M.
Read the wrap →July 13, 2026 · week of June 23, 2026
Instant games carried the week — a $500K Michigan scratch-off win, new Mississippi tickets and Florida's returning Millionaire Raffle — while our data flags the best-value scratch-offs in PA, MI and VA.
Read the wrap →June 24, 2026 · week of June 18, 2026
A rollover week on both sides of the Atlantic—Mega Millions and Powerball roll on while our data flags real value on the Florida, Pennsylvania, and Michigan scratch-off shelves.
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