Big Money is a $5 scratch-off from the Maryland Lottery (game #732) with a top prize of $50,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.83 at launch. 6 of 7 top prizes are gone, 1 is still unclaimed, and an estimated 14% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 153,980 prizes are still out there (it started with 1,072,606).
"Big Money" is a steady-drip machine — most of its money goes out in everyday wins. That's not a knock or a compliment — it's a blueprint. Of the prize money still unclaimed, most sits in wins under $500. Pick the build that matches the kind of win you're playing for. The full tier-by-tier count is in the table below — every prize, counted.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 1 | 7 |
| $5,000 | 3 | 16 |
| $1,000 | 6 | 24 |
| $500 | 135 | 1,062 |
| $250 | 263 | 2,091 |
| $100 | 545 | 4,220 |
| $50 | 9,324 | 72,373 |
| $25 | 9,151 | 68,468 |
| $15 | 18,593 | 136,936 |
| $10 | 42,756 | 308,079 |
| $5 | 73,203 | 479,330 |
Prize counts come straight from official Maryland lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
1 of the 7 top prizes of $50,000 are still unclaimed, according to official Maryland lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Big Money is a $5 scratch-off. It is game #732 from the Maryland Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 3.83, counting every prize tier. Odds shift as tickets sell and prizes get claimed — that's exactly what the prize table on this page tracks.
Prize counts come straight from official Maryland lottery data, last refreshed on Sep 1, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
Prize counts are just the start. SmartScratcher turns them into a ticket value, a 0–100 score, and a straight answer for every game — so you skip the picked-clean ones and play the good ones.
Get SmartScratcher→