Lightning Cash scores 52 out of 100, which rates Poor. It pays back about 70¢ per $1 on average.
Lightning Cash scores 52 out of 100 today, which rates Poor. It pays back about 70¢ for every $1 played, on average.
The top prize on Lightning Cash is $50,000, and 8 of the 15 are still unclaimed. The odds of winning one with a single ticket are about 1 in 340,000.
Since our last check, 366 prizes were won on Lightning Cash. The biggest was $100.
Among the seven $5 Maryland Fast Play games, Cha-ching!® pays back the most per $1, ahead of Lightning Cash.
For every $1 played on Lightning Cash, about 70¢ comes back as prizes on average. The lottery keeps the other 30¢.
18 of the 24 $5 Maryland scratchers pay back more per $1 than Lightning Cash. The biggest $5 scratcher top prize still unclaimed is $100,000, which is more than the $50,000 top prize on Lightning Cash.
| Lightning Cash | $5 Maryland scratchers | |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest prize | $50,000top prize, 8 left | $100,00022 games, from $50,000 |
| Odds of winning it with one ticket | 1 in 340,000 | 1 in 150,000 to 1 in 1,000,000depends on the scratcher |
| Money back per $1 | 70¢ | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 8 | 15 | 1 in 343,254worse than at the start |
| $2,500 | 33 | 60 | 1 in 83,213worse than at the start |
| $500 | 574 | 1,000 | 1 in 4,784same as at the start |
| $100 | 2,748 | 4,800 | 1 in 999same as at the start |
| $50 | 24,740 | 43,200 | 1 in 111same as at the start |
| $30 | 43,954 | 76,800 | 1 in 62.48same as at the start |
| $20 | 71,427 | 124,800 | 1 in 38.45same as at the start |
| $10 | 456,086 | 796,800 | 1 in 6.02same 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'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 4.58 when the game started. That counts every prize, including the small ones.
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