Chili Pepper Payout scores 62 out of 100, which rates Fair. It pays back about 63¢ per $1 on average, and 14 of its 19 jackpots are still in the pool.
Chili Pepper Payout scores 62 out of 100 today, which rates Fair. It pays back about 63¢ for every $1 played, on average.
The jackpot on Chili Pepper Payout is $126,401 today. It has 14 of its 19 jackpot tickets still in the pool, and about 1 in 230,000 of the unsold tickets wins the jackpot.
Since our last check, 505 prizes were won on Chili Pepper Payout. The biggest was $400.
Among the seven $5 Maryland Fast Play games, Cha-ching!® pays back the most per $1, ahead of Chili Pepper Payout.
For every $1 played on Chili Pepper Payout, about 63¢ comes back as prizes on average. The lottery keeps the other 37¢.
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 $126,401. Nearly every other ticket gets none of the gold part. We count one jackpot at today's amount. The other 13 jackpot tickets left in this game are not counted yet. The jackpot starts over each time it is won, and we have not yet seen where this one starts.
The jackpot on Chili Pepper Payout is $126,401 right now.
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 | $126,401 | 14 |
| Oct 17, 4:05 PM | $126,180 | 14 |
| Oct 17, 9:40 AM | $125,949 | 14 |
| Oct 16, 4:05 PM | $125,543 | 14 |
| Oct 16, 9:40 AM | $125,145 | 14 |
| Oct 15, 4:05 PM | $124,787 | 14 |
| Oct 15, 9:40 AM | $124,541 | 14 |
| Oct 14, 4:05 PM | $124,309 | 14 |
| Oct 14, 9:40 AM | $124,113 | 14 |
| Oct 13, 4:05 PM | $123,890 | 14 |
| Oct 13, 9:40 AM | $123,685 | 14 |
| Oct 12, 4:05 PM | $123,485 | 14 |
| Oct 12, 9:40 AM | $123,259 | 14 |
| Oct 11, 4:05 PM | $123,067 | 14 |
23 of the 24 $5 Maryland scratchers pay back more per $1 than Chili Pepper Payout. The $126,401 jackpot on Chili Pepper Payout is bigger than any $5 scratcher top prize still unclaimed. The biggest of those is $100,000.
| Chili Pepper Payout | $5 Maryland scratchers | |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest prize | $126,401the jackpot today | $100,00022 games, from $50,000 |
| Odds of winning it with one ticket | 1 in 230,000 | 1 in 150,000 to 1 in 1,000,000depends on the scratcher |
| Money back per $1 | 63¢ | 63¢ to 73¢71¢ on the typical one |
The highlighted side is the better one. The scratcher column covers every Maryland scratcher on sale at $5, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $126,401JACKPOT | 14 | 19 | 1 in 230,426better than at the start |
| $5,000 | 27 | 40 | 1 in 119,480same as at the start |
| $1,000 | 73 | 110 | 1 in 44,191same as at the start |
| $400 | 805 | 1,200 | 1 in 4,007same as at the start |
| $200 | 1,145 | 1,700 | 1 in 2,817same as at the start |
| $100 | 3,487 | 5,200 | 1 in 925same as at the start |
| $50 | 12,891 | 19,200 | 1 in 250same as at the start |
| $40 | 25,773 | 38,400 | 1 in 125same as at the start |
| $20 | 70,892 | 105,600 | 1 in 45.51same as at the start |
| $15 | 96,677 | 144,000 | 1 in 33.37same as at the start |
| $10 | 241,652 | 360,000 | 1 in 13.35same as at the start |
| $5 | 386,658 | 576,000 | 1 in 8.34same 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 $126,401 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 Chili Pepper Payout 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 3.84 when the game started. That counts every prize, including the small ones.
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