Best Iowa Scratch Off Tickets: Odds, Remaining Prizes & More

Data last updated: October 12, 2026

Find the best scratch-off tickets to buy in Iowa right now. We rank all 86 active Iowa Lottery Scratch and Instaplay games by ROI, odds, and remaining prizes — updated daily from official sources. Use the tabs below to filter by best value, best odds, newest releases, or games to avoid.

Best picks by budget

Best overall
$50
500X ticket
500X #771

Highest overall grade

$500,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 4.33Odds
Best $5 ticket
$5
Joker's Wild ticket
Joker's Wild #735

Highest overall grade among $5 tickets

$50,000Top prize 2Top prizes left 1 in 3.60Odds
Best $10 ticket
$10
Silver Streak ticket
Silver Streak #746

Highest overall grade among $10 tickets

$100,000Top prize 1Top prizes left 1 in 3.25Odds

All games

Sorted by Best Grade
86 games
500X ticket
500X #771 $50 Scratch
$500,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 4.33Odds
High Roller Blackjack Blowout ticket
High Roller Blackjack Blowout #174 $20 Instaplay
$500Top prize 8,318Top prizes left 1 in 8.60Odds
$300,000 JACKPOT ticket
$300,000 JACKPOT #798 $30 Scratch Better combo
$300,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 2.29Odds
Merry Money Match ticket
Merry Money Match #180 $20 Instaplay
$1,000Top prize 2,100Top prizes left 1 in 3.22Odds
Silver Streak ticket
Silver Streak #746 $10 Scratch
$100,000Top prize 1Top prizes left 1 in 3.25Odds
Crazy Wild Ca$h ticket
Crazy Wild Ca$h #162 $10 Instaplay
$50,000Top prize 13Top prizes left 1 in 3.59Odds
Joker's Wild ticket
Joker's Wild #735 $5 Scratch
$50,000Top prize 2Top prizes left 1 in 3.60Odds
Quick Cash ticket
Quick Cash #740 $5 Scratch
$50,000Top prize 2Top prizes left 1 in 3.67Odds
MONOPOLY DOUBLER ticket
MONOPOLY DOUBLER #781 $5 Scratch
$50,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 3.72Odds
Bonus Cash Doubler ticket
Bonus Cash Doubler #789 $5 Scratch
$50,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 3.74Odds
Lucky Stars ticket
Lucky Stars #729 $3 Scratch
$30,000Top prize 2Top prizes left 1 in 3.80Odds
20X The Cash ticket
20X The Cash #801 $5 Scratch
$50,000Top prize 10Top prizes left 1 in 3.83Odds
Lucky Clover Crossword ticket
Lucky Clover Crossword #777 $5 Scratch
$50,000Top prize 6Top prizes left 1 in 3.83Odds
Hit $250 ticket
Hit $250 #153 $10 Instaplay
$500Top prize 150Top prizes left 1 in 3.85Odds
IOWA STATE™ ticket
IOWA STATE™ #177 $5 Instaplay
$20,000Top prize 15Top prizes left 1 in 3.88Odds
IOWA HAWKEYES™ ticket
IOWA HAWKEYES™ #178 $5 Instaplay
$20,000Top prize 16Top prizes left 1 in 3.88Odds
Plu$ The Ca$h ticket
Plu$ The Ca$h #163 $5 Instaplay Better combo
$25,000Top prize 15Top prizes left 1 in 3.49Odds
Triple It! ticket
Triple It! #747 $1 Scratch
$900Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 4.50Odds
$20 On The Spot ticket
$20 On The Spot #165 $1 Instaplay
$1,000Top prize 12Top prizes left 1 in 4.51Odds
Triple Luck ticket
Triple Luck #772 $1 Scratch
$6,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 4.57Odds
Lady Luck ticket
Lady Luck #791 $1 Scratch
$4,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 4.58Odds
5X The Cash ticket
5X The Cash #799 $1 Scratch
$5,000Top prize 10Top prizes left 1 in 4.59Odds
MONOPOLY DOUBLER ticket
MONOPOLY DOUBLER #779 $1 Scratch
$5,000Top prize 10Top prizes left 1 in 4.81Odds
$50 Frenzy ticket
$50 Frenzy #787 $1 Scratch
$1,500Top prize 9Top prizes left 1 in 4.86Odds
Win It All ticket
Win It All #804 $1 Scratch
$3,500Top prize 7Top prizes left 1 in 4.88Odds
$300,000 Cashword ticket
$300,000 Cashword #819 $30 Scratch Better combo
$300,000Top prize 14Top prizes left 1 in 2.28Odds
Gem 7s ticket
Gem 7s #709 $20 Scratch Better combo
$150,000Top prize 8Top prizes left 1 in 2.52Odds
Warm Wishes ticket
Warm Wishes #179 $30 Instaplay Better combo
$200,000Top prize 18Top prizes left 1 in 2.79Odds
$100,000 Cash Bonus ticket
$100,000 Cash Bonus #797 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 7Top prizes left 1 in 2.81Odds
50X The Cash ticket
50X The Cash #802 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 2.84Odds
$100,000 Riches ticket
$100,000 Riches #786 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 2.84Odds
JURASSIC WORLD ticket
JURASSIC WORLD #743 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 2Top prizes left 1 in 2.84Odds
MONOPOLY DOUBLER ticket
MONOPOLY DOUBLER #782 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 2.86Odds
Diamond Dollars ticket
Diamond Dollars #778 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 2.86Odds
X the Money ticket
X the Money #675 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 1Top prizes left 1 in 2.86Odds
The Price Is Right ticket
The Price Is Right #790 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 6Top prizes left 1 in 2.87Odds
100X The Cash ticket
100X The Cash #803 $20 Scratch Better combo
$250,000Top prize 8Top prizes left 1 in 2.88Odds
Lucky 7 Bonus ticket
Lucky 7 Bonus #651 $20 Scratch Better combo
$250,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 2.88Odds
200X THE WIN ticket
200X THE WIN #774 $20 Scratch Better combo
$250,000Top prize 8Top prizes left 1 in 2.89Odds
MONOPOLY DOUBLER ticket
MONOPOLY DOUBLER #783 $20 Scratch Better combo
$250,000Top prize 9Top prizes left 1 in 2.90Odds
MONEY ticket
MONEY #751 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 2Top prizes left 1 in 2.90Odds
Top Dollar ticket
Top Dollar #160 $30 Instaplay Better combo
$250,000Top prize 7Top prizes left 1 in 2.96Odds
Ultimate Winnings ticket
Ultimate Winnings #161 $20 Instaplay Better combo
$100,000Top prize 19Top prizes left 1 in 3.06Odds
Bullseye Cash ticket
Bullseye Cash #745 $3 Scratch Better combo
$30,000Top prize 3Top prizes left 1 in 3.11Odds
Golden Riches ticket
Golden Riches #701 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 3Top prizes left 1 in 3.15Odds
Triple Jackpot ticket
Triple Jackpot #806 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 9Top prizes left 1 in 3.20Odds
SCRABBLE™ Crossword Game ticket
SCRABBLE™ Crossword Game #693 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 3Top prizes left 1 in 3.20Odds
Cash Frenzy ticket
Cash Frenzy #759 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 3.24Odds
Instant Jackpot ticket
Instant Jackpot #775 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 3.25Odds
$50,000 Super Crossword ticket
$50,000 Super Crossword #616 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 11Top prizes left 1 in 3.26Odds
$100,000 Mega Crossword ticket
$100,000 Mega Crossword #770 $10 Scratch Better combo
$100,000Top prize 30Top prizes left 1 in 3.29Odds
IOWA™ BLACKOUT ticket
IOWA™ BLACKOUT #761 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 3Top prizes left 1 in 3.40Odds
$50,000 Jackpot ticket
$50,000 Jackpot #700 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 3Top prizes left 1 in 3.40Odds
Xtra Bingo ticket
Xtra Bingo #645 $2 Scratch Better combo
$25,000Top prize 2Top prizes left 1 in 3.44Odds
Fab 5s ticket
Fab 5s #794 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 3.46Odds
PAC-MAN® ticket
PAC-MAN® #741 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 1Top prizes left 1 in 3.46Odds
$50 and $100 Frenzy ticket
$50 and $100 Frenzy #154 $5 Instaplay
$100Top prize 1,439Top prizes left 1 in 7.07Odds
Red Hot 7s ticket
Red Hot 7s #754 $3 Scratch Better combo
$30,000Top prize 1Top prizes left 1 in 3.51Odds
Pirate's Treasure ticket
Pirate's Treasure #784 $3 Scratch Better combo
$30,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 3.51Odds
$30,000 Crossword ticket
$30,000 Crossword #615 $3 Scratch Better combo
$30,000Top prize 44Top prizes left 1 in 3.52Odds
10X The Cash ticket
10X The Cash #800 $2 Scratch Better combo
$10,000Top prize 9Top prizes left 1 in 3.54Odds
Blackout Bingo ticket
Blackout Bingo #792 $2 Scratch Better combo
$25,000Top prize 14Top prizes left 1 in 3.56Odds
Prize Pyramid ticket
Prize Pyramid #175 $3 Instaplay Better combo
$12,000Top prize 11Top prizes left 1 in 3.57Odds
Full of 300s ticket
Full of 300s #757 $3 Scratch Better combo
$300Top prize 26Top prizes left 1 in 3.57Odds
3 Ways To Win! ticket
3 Ways To Win! #795 $2 Scratch Better combo
$10,000Top prize 8Top prizes left 1 in 3.59Odds
Cash Payout ticket
Cash Payout #785 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 6Top prizes left 1 in 3.60Odds
Money Rush ticket
Money Rush #730 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 3.61Odds
MONOPOLY DOUBLER ticket
MONOPOLY DOUBLER #780 $2 Scratch Better combo
$20,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 3.64Odds
Cool Cat ticket
Cool Cat #749 $2 Scratch Better combo
$10,000Top prize 3Top prizes left 1 in 3.64Odds
Scratch, Match & Win! ticket
Scratch, Match & Win! #760 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 2Top prizes left 1 in 3.65Odds
Cash Blast ticket
Cash Blast #714 $2 Scratch Better combo
$20,000Top prize 2Top prizes left 1 in 3.65Odds
Mega Bucks ticket
Mega Bucks #796 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 3.67Odds
Retro Bolts ticket
Retro Bolts #750 $3 Scratch Better combo
$30,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 3.67Odds
Green 7s ticket
Green 7s #805 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 6Top prizes left 1 in 3.70Odds
$100 Stacked ticket
$100 Stacked #788 $2 Scratch Better combo
$20,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 3.73Odds
Fire 7s Ice 7s ticket
Fire 7s Ice 7s #758 $5 Scratch Better combo
$50,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 3.73Odds
Fast Cash Bingo ticket
Fast Cash Bingo #164 $2 Instaplay Better combo
$5,000Top prize 10Top prizes left 1 in 3.76Odds
UNO™ ticket
UNO™ #773 $3 Scratch Better combo
$30,000Top prize 6Top prizes left 1 in 3.79Odds
Words That Win ticket
Words That Win #717 $3 Scratch Better combo
$30,000Top prize 3Top prizes left 1 in 3.80Odds
Word Games ticket
Word Games #739 $3 Scratch Better combo
$30,000Top prize 3Top prizes left 1 in 3.81Odds
One-Word Crossword ticket
One-Word Crossword #813 $3 Scratch Better combo
$30,000Top prize 11Top prizes left 1 in 3.82Odds
ALL or NONE for the WIN ticket
ALL or NONE for the WIN #176 $2 Instaplay Better combo
$10,000Top prize 12Top prizes left 1 in 3.82Odds
Wild Doubler ticket
Wild Doubler #738 $2 Scratch Better combo
$10,000Top prize 5Top prizes left 1 in 3.83Odds
Mega Money ticket
Mega Money #776 $2 Scratch Better combo
$20,000Top prize 3Top prizes left 1 in 3.88Odds
Super 7s ticket
Super 7s #733 $2 Scratch Better combo
$17,777Top prize 9Top prizes left 1 in 3.93Odds
Triple Seven ticket
Triple Seven #753 $2 Scratch Better combo
$10,000Top prize 4Top prizes left 1 in 3.94Odds

How We Calculate Value, ROI & Grades

Every game on this page shows the top prize, how many top prizes are left and the published odds, plus a letter grade. Here’s what each one means, and why Iowa games don’t show an ROI.

  • Top prize — the game’s largest advertised prize, as published by the Iowa Lottery.
  • Top prizes left — how many of those the Iowa Lottery has not yet recorded as claimed. An unclaimed prize may already be sitting on a ticket someone has bought, so this doesn’t guarantee one is still on a shelf.
  • Published odds — the Iowa Lottery’s original “1 in X” chance of winning any prize, which includes winning back just the ticket price. These are the odds set when the game was printed, not a recalculation of the odds among unsold tickets.
  • Grade — our 0–100 score shown as a letter, A being 85 or above. The largest single factor is whether a game still has unclaimed top prizes, followed by how the top-prize odds have moved since launch. Because Iowa’s prize data is incomplete, treat it as a rough ranking rather than a value rating.

Why there’s no ROI for Iowa

ROI is the estimated average gain or loss against what you spend: −20% means roughly 80¢ back per $1. To work it out we need a game’s whole prize table: what every tier pays, how many of each prize were printed, and how many are still unclaimed. We add up the value of every prize still out there and divide it by our estimate of the tickets still unsold.

The Iowa Lottery doesn’t publish complete enough prize data for us to estimate ROI reliably. Without that, any ROI we showed would mostly reflect the missing data rather than the game, so we leave it off instead of publishing a number we can’t stand behind.

For Iowa, top prizes left is the most useful figure on the page. A game whose top prizes are nearly all claimed has little left at the top end, whatever its published odds say.

We read official Iowa Lottery prize reports daily. Grades are our own calculations, not official lottery ratings. Read our full methodology for how we source data and calculate expected value and ROI in the states that publish full prize tables.

Last updated: October 12, 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best Iowa scratch-offs to buy right now?

Our three top-graded Iowa scratch-offs today are 500X ($50), High Roller Blackjack Blowout ($20) and $300,000 JACKPOT ($30). Each still has at least one top prize left. Rankings change daily as prizes are claimed.

Which Iowa scratch-off is most likely to win?

The Iowa game with the best odds of winning any prize is $300,000 Cashword ($30) at 1 in 2.28. It still has 14 top prizes of $300,000 left. Most of those wins are small, often just your ticket price back, so good odds are not the same as a good buy.

What's the best Iowa scratch-off at each price?

Our top-graded pick at each price today: $1: Triple It!; $2: Xtra Bingo; $3: Lucky Stars; $5: Joker's Wild; $10: Silver Streak; $20: High Roller Blackjack Blowout; $30: $300,000 JACKPOT; $50: 500X. The price filter on this page ranks every game at each price.

Which Iowa scratch-offs should I avoid?

None stand out right now: every Iowa game on sale still has at least one top prize left.

How do I claim a winning Iowa scratch-off?

Prizes up to $600 can be cashed at any lottery retailer in Iowa, and prizes up to $250,000 at Iowa Lottery offices. All prizes over $250,000 (and some merchandise prizes) must be claimed in person at the Iowa Lottery main office. You can also claim by mail for prizes up to $250,000; our guide to where to cash scratch-off tickets covers the forms and ID you need. Federal tax of 24% is withheld on prizes over $5,000, and Iowa taxes lottery winnings as income at up to 3.8% (more on taxes on scratch-off winnings).

How long do I have to claim an Iowa scratch-off?

You have 90 days from the date the lottery officially ends the game, not from the day you bought the ticket. Check a game's end date before you buy, especially if it is ending soon. Our guide to whether scratch-off tickets expire lists every state's deadline.

Can I buy Iowa scratch-offs online or with a card?

Scratch-offs are not sold online in Iowa, so you have to buy them in a store. In stores, debit cards are accepted and credit cards are not allowed. You must be 21 or older to buy. More in our guides to buying scratch-offs online and with a debit card.

Do more expensive Iowa scratch-offs have better odds?

Mostly, up to $30. Typical (median) odds of winning any prize by ticket price: $1, 1 in 4.59; $2, 1 in 3.69; $3, 1 in 3.62; $5, 1 in 3.67; $10, 1 in 3.03; $20, 1 in 2.90; $30, 1 in 2.54; $50, 1 in 4.33. Better odds mostly means more small wins, often just your ticket price back.

Are Iowa scratch-offs worth it, or do any pay back more than they cost?

Not as an investment. Iowa's lottery does not publish enough prize data for us to calculate how much its games pay back, but lotteries keep a share of every ticket sold, so a scratch-off that pays back more than it costs is rare. Play for fun with money you can afford to lose. More on whether scratch-off tickets are worth it.

Should I buy Iowa games that are ending soon?

Sometimes, when good prizes are still left. The Ending Soon filter on this page lists the Iowa games ending within the next 90 days. Bear in mind that scratch-off tickets do expire: in Iowa you have 90 days from the date the lottery officially ends the game.

Disclaimer: This information is provided for educational purposes only. All data is sourced from the official Iowa lottery website and is updated regularly, but we cannot guarantee 100% accuracy. Lottery games are games of chance, and past performance does not guarantee future results. Please play responsibly and never spend more than you can afford to lose. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER.