Lightning Fast Cash scores 41 out of 100, which rates Poor. It pays back about 62¢ per $1 on average, and 13 of its 16 jackpots are still in the pool.
Lightning Fast Cash rates Poor today, with a score of 41 out of 100. It pays back about 62¢ for every $1 played, on average.
Lightning Fast Cash has a jackpot of $14,965 today, well above its starting amount of $10,000. It has 13 of its 16 jackpot tickets still in the pool, and about 1 in 64,000 of the unsold tickets wins the jackpot.
Lightning Fast Cash pays back less per $1 than any other $10 Kansas Fast Play game. Crack The Safe pays back the most at that price.
For every $1 played on Lightning Fast Cash, about 62¢ comes back as prizes on average. The lottery keeps the other 38¢.
These are averages across every ticket left in the game, not what one ticket pays. The gold part shows how much of the game's value is tied up in its few jackpot tickets. A ticket that wins the jackpot pays the whole $14,965. Nearly every other ticket gets none of the gold part. We count one jackpot at today's amount. The other 12 jackpot tickets left in this game are counted at $10,000, because the jackpot starts over each time it is won.
The jackpot on Lightning Fast Cash is $14,965 right now. It starts at $10,000.
Each dot is one of our checks. If the line ever drops, somebody won the jackpot and it started over.
| Checked | Jackpot | Jackpot tickets left here |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 9:55 AM | $14,965 | 13 |
| Oct 17, 4:20 PM | $14,913 | 13 |
| Oct 17, 9:55 AM | $14,838 | 13 |
| Oct 16, 4:20 PM | $14,751 | 13 |
| Oct 16, 9:55 AM | $14,675 | 13 |
| Oct 15, 4:20 PM | $14,603 | 13 |
| Oct 15, 9:55 AM | $14,536 | 13 |
| Oct 14, 4:20 PM | $14,428 | 13 |
| Oct 14, 9:55 AM | $14,375 | 13 |
| Oct 13, 4:20 PM | $14,274 | 13 |
| Oct 13, 9:55 AM | $14,231 | 13 |
| Oct 12, 4:20 PM | $14,149 | 13 |
| Oct 12, 9:55 AM | $14,103 | 13 |
| Oct 11, 4:20 PM | $14,023 | 13 |
All 9 of the $10 Kansas scratchers pay back more per $1 than Lightning Fast Cash. The biggest $10 scratcher top prize still unclaimed is $100,000, which is more than the $14,965 jackpot on Lightning Fast Cash.
| Lightning Fast Cash | $10 Kansas scratchers | |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest prize | $14,965the jackpot today | $100,0008 games, from $75,000 |
| Odds of winning it with one ticket | 1 in 64,000 | 1 in 99,000 to 1 in 260,000depends on the scratcher |
| Money back per $1 | 62¢ | 66¢ to 74¢70¢ on the typical one |
The highlighted side is the better one. The scratcher column covers every Kansas scratcher on sale at $10, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $14,965JACKPOT | 13 | 16 | 1 in 63,799worse than at the start |
| $1,000 | 138 | 160 | 1 in 6,010same as at the start |
| $100 | 1,796 | 2,080 | 1 in 462same as at the start |
| $50 | 14,932 | 17,280 | 1 in 55.54same as at the start |
| $40 | 16,586 | 19,200 | 1 in 50.01same as at the start |
| $30 | 24,884 | 28,800 | 1 in 33.33same as at the start |
| $20 | 43,126 | 49,920 | 1 in 19.23same as at the start |
| $15 | 37,324 | 43,200 | 1 in 22.22same as at the start |
| $10 | 107,821 | 124,800 | 1 in 7.69same 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 was $14,965 at our last check, Oct 18, 2026 at 9:55 AM. It grows as tickets sell, so it may be a little higher at the counter.
The jackpot starts over and builds again. It belongs to Lightning Fast Cash alone, so no other game is affected.
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 3.36 when the game started. That counts every prize, including the small ones.
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