Lucky Gems scores 57 out of 100, which rates Poor. It pays back about 63¢ per $1 on average.
Lucky Gems scores 57 out of 100 today, which rates Poor. It pays back about 63¢ for every $1 played, on average.
Lucky Gems has a top prize of $2,500, and 20 of the 24 are still unclaimed. The odds of winning one with a single ticket are about 1 in 37,000.
Lucky Gems is one of four $2 Kansas Fast Play games. Buckets Of Cash pays back the most per $1 of that group.
For every $1 played on Lucky Gems, about 63¢ comes back as prizes on average. The lottery keeps the other 37¢.
1 of the 5 $2 Kansas scratchers pays back more per $1 than Lucky Gems. The biggest $2 scratcher top prize still unclaimed is $20,000, which is more than the $2,500 top prize on Lucky Gems.
| Lucky Gems | $2 Kansas scratchers | |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest prize | $2,500top prize, 20 left | $20,0005 games, from $10,000 |
| Odds of winning it with one ticket | 1 in 37,000 | 1 in 110,000 to 1 in 1,000,000depends on the scratcher |
| Money back per $1 | 63¢ | 58¢ to 63¢60¢ on the typical one |
The highlighted side is the better one. The scratcher column covers every Kansas scratcher on sale at $2, using today's numbers. Its top prizes and odds count only prizes nobody has claimed yet. Which scratcher is the best one is in the app. See every price side by side.
What the game pays back for every $1 played, check by check.
Our estimate of how much of the pool is still unsold.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with | Odds today |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2,500 | 20 | 24 | 1 in 37,333better than at the start |
| $500 | 15 | 20 | 1 in 49,777worse than at the start |
| $200 | 46 | 60 | 1 in 16,232same as at the start |
| $100 | 93 | 120 | 1 in 8,029same as at the start |
| $50 | 808 | 1,040 | 1 in 924same as at the start |
| $25 | 1,663 | 2,140 | 1 in 449same as at the start |
| $20 | 1,493 | 1,920 | 1 in 500same as at the start |
| $15 | 2,240 | 2,880 | 1 in 333same as at the start |
| $10 | 14,935 | 19,200 | 1 in 49.99same as at the start |
| $5 | 44,804 | 57,600 | 1 in 16.66same as at the start |
| $3 | 59,731 | 76,800 | 1 in 12.5same as at the start |
| $2 | 82,130 | 105,600 | 1 in 9.09same as at the start |
Prize counts come straight from official Kansas Lottery data. "Odds today" are for one ticket, based on our estimate of how many tickets are still unsold. The jackpot amount is what it was at our last check, Oct 18, 2026 at 9:55 AM, and it keeps growing between checks.
It's the average return for every $1 played, counting every ticket still in the pool and every prize still unclaimed. Most tickets don't win, so any one ticket will land above or below it.
The overall odds were 1 in 3.59 when the game started. That counts every prize, including the small ones.
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