12 of 41
top prizes of $500 still out there
Ticket price$1
Top prize$500
Launch odds1 in 4.34
Prizes remaining (all tiers)239,338
Est. tickets left
≈31%
Just 1 Buck is a $1 scratch-off from the Maryland Lottery (game #767) with a top prize of $500 and overall odds of 1 in 4.34 at launch. 29 of 41 top prizes are gone, 12 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 31% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 239,338 prizes are still out there (it started with 783,639).
Some games are best understood one row of the table at a time. On "Just 1 Buck" right now, the most common win still waiting is $1 — 106,698 of them on the board — plus 188 prizes of $50 sitting just under the top end. The full count, top to bottom, is right below. Everything above comes from the Maryland Lottery's own published numbers — we just do the counting.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 12 | 41 |
| $50 | 188 | 896 |
| $20 | 1,644 | 7,001 |
| $10 | 9,258 | 36,989 |
| $5 | 29,120 | 108,068 |
| $2 | 92,418 | 296,861 |
| $1 | 106,698 | 333,783 |
Prize counts come straight from official Maryland lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
12 of the 41 top prizes of $500 are still unclaimed, according to official Maryland lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Just 1 Buck is a $1 scratch-off. It is game #767 from the Maryland Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.34, 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.
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