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Strong valueActiveMAGNIFICENT MILLIONS · $20 · Missouri Lottery
MAGNIFICENT MILLIONS: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $16.14 on average.
▲ +3.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $20 MO games
▲ +3.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $20 MO games
MAGNIFICENT MILLIONS is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.7%, up 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 77.7%. 1 of the original 2 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 69% of the 3.3M printed tickets have been sold.
80.7%
expected return
1 in 3.04
odds of any win
1 of 2
$2M jackpots left
69%
claimed · 2.3M of 3.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 328,203 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,121 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $16.14 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.68 · 68.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.45 · 2.3% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$2.00 · 10.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.7%
Just 1 ticket out of 998k carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
327,850 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
69% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
3.3M
tickets printed
2.3M
tickets claimed · 69%
998k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
31%
50% of top prizes remain with only 31% 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 $20 MO peers
#1 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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