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Strong valueActive500X PAYOUT · $50 · Missouri Lottery
500X PAYOUT: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $40.58 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $50 MO games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $50 MO games
500X PAYOUT is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.2%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 81.8%. 2 of the original 3 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 19% of the 6.4M printed tickets have been sold.
81.2%
expected return
1 in 3.19
odds of any win
2 of 3
$5M jackpots left
19%
claimed · 1.2M of 6.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,624,865 winning tickets still unclaimed.
23 win more than $50
$75 or $100 or $200, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 49 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $40.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$36.27 · 72.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$1.80 · 3.6% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.51 · 5.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
76.1%
Just 5 tickets out of 5.2M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
1,621,844 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
19% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
6.4M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 19%
5.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
81%
67% of top prizes remain with 81% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Missouri Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $50 MO peers
#3 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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