Three Card Poker scores 48 out of 100, which rates Poor. It pays back about 56¢ per $1 on average, and 34 of its 48 jackpots are still in the pool.
Three Card Poker scores 48 out of 100 today, which rates Poor. It pays back about 56¢ for every $1 played, on average.
Three Card Poker has a jackpot of $1,739 today, about three times its starting amount of $512. It has 34 of its 48 jackpot tickets still in the pool, and about 1 in 100,000 of the unsold tickets wins the jackpot.
Since our last check, 1,345 prizes were won on Three Card Poker. The biggest was $40.
Of the two $1 Maryland Fast Play games, Three Card Poker pays back the least per $1. Maryland Lottery Pick 3 Fast Play Edition pays back the most.
For every $1 played on Three Card Poker, about 56¢ comes back as prizes on average. The lottery keeps the other 44¢.
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 $1,739. Nearly every other ticket gets none of the gold part. We count one jackpot at today's amount. The other 33 jackpot tickets left in this game are counted at $512, because the jackpot starts over each time it is won.
The jackpot on Three Card Poker is $1,739 right now. The last time it was won, it started over at about $512.
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, 9:40 AM | $1,739 | 34 |
| Oct 17, 4:05 PM | $1,658 | 34 |
| Oct 17, 9:40 AM | $1,580 | 34 |
| Oct 16, 4:05 PM | $1,469 | 34 |
| Oct 16, 9:40 AM | $1,363 | 34 |
| Oct 15, 4:05 PM | $1,263 | 34 |
| Oct 15, 9:40 AM | $1,190 | 34 |
| Oct 14, 4:05 PM | $1,104 | 34 |
| Oct 14, 9:40 AM | $1,036 | 34 |
| Oct 13, 4:05 PM | $950 | 34 |
| Oct 13, 9:40 AM | $880 | 34 |
| Oct 12, 4:05 PM | $796 | 34 |
| Oct 12, 9:40 AM | $720 | 34 |
| Oct 11, 4:05 PM | $648 | 34 |
3 of the 8 $1 Maryland scratchers pay back more per $1 than Three Card Poker. The $1,739 jackpot on Three Card Poker is bigger than any $1 scratcher top prize still unclaimed. The biggest of those is $1,000.
| Three Card Poker | $1 Maryland scratchers | |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest prize | $1,739the jackpot today | $1,0008 games, from $500 |
| Odds of winning it with one ticket | 1 in 100,000 | 1 in 86,000 to 1 in 210,000depends on the scratcher |
| Money back per $1 | 56¢ | 53¢ to 60¢56¢ on the typical one |
The highlighted side is the better one. The scratcher column covers every Maryland scratcher on sale at $1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,739JACKPOT | 34 | 48 | 1 in 100,789same as at the start |
| $100 | 122 | 172 | 1 in 28,089same as at the start |
| $40 | 339 | 480 | 1 in 10,109same as at the start |
| $20 | 6,846 | 9,600 | 1 in 501same as at the start |
| $10 | 20,539 | 28,800 | 1 in 167same as at the start |
| $5 | 51,360 | 72,000 | 1 in 66.72same as at the start |
| $4 | 102,698 | 144,000 | 1 in 33.37same as at the start |
| $2 | 195,146 | 273,600 | 1 in 17.56same as at the start |
| $1 | 469,043 | 657,600 | 1 in 7.31same as at the start |
Prize counts come straight from official Maryland 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 9:40 AM, and it keeps growing between checks.
It was $1,739 at our last check, Oct 18, 2026 at 9:40 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 Three Card Poker 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 4.05 when the game started. That counts every prize, including the small ones.
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