Clearer lottery data.
Honest limits.
ScratchBest organizes public scratch-off information and clearly separates official source facts from its own statistical calculations.
What ScratchBest Does
Official lottery sources publish useful game facts such as prize structures, published odds, and remaining prize counts, although available fields and update timing vary by state. ScratchBest organizes the available public data and labels calculations separately from official source fields.
ScratchBest regularly refreshes that data and provides rankings that make games easier to compare. The calculations support comparison; they cannot predict an individual ticket.
⚙️ How the Data Works
Remaining Prize Pools
Remaining prizes are evaluated in context with the original prize distribution and, where modeled, estimated remaining ticket inventory.
Ticket-to-Prize Ratios
Estimated remaining ticket inventory is a ScratchBest model output, not an official retailer inventory count.
Expected Value Scores
Starting and current expected-value calculations are comparison tools, not guarantees of profit.
Top Prize Availability
See the latest published count of remaining top prizes and the date of the source data.
The result: a leaderboard based on available source data and clearly identified ScratchBest calculations.
What ScratchBest Can and Cannot Tell You
- ✓Compare published prize structures, odds, and remaining-prize counts across games
- ✓Understand which values come from lottery sources and which are ScratchBest calculations
- ✓Use estimates and rankings as comparison tools, not predictions for individual tickets
- ✓Remember that source data can lag sales and claims, and retailer inventory is unknown
ScratchBest cannot predict a win or make a game profitable. Scratch-offs remain games of chance.
Why It Exists
Statistical analysis of lottery data raised a simpler question: could publicly available scratch-off information be organized in a way that makes games easier to compare?
Official lottery sites are the source of the underlying public facts, but presentation and update timing differ by state. ScratchBest brings those facts together and labels its calculations so readers can judge them in context.
Who Operates ScratchBest
ScratchBest is independently built and operated. Questions about the product, data, or corrections can be sent through the public contact page.
Independent and Unaffiliated
ScratchBest is an independent informational service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any state lottery. ScratchBest does not sell lottery tickets.
🔓 Ready to Go Deeper?
Free provides public starting-data rankings. Pro adds protected current-state and target-prize filters for deeper comparison. No filter changes the odds of an individual printed ticket.
- 🎰 Filter by odds of winning $100, $500, $1,000+
- ⏰ Find "overdue" games statistically behind claim rates
- 💰 Track unclaimed million-dollar prizes
- 📈 Best odds-to-price ratio across every game
See Today's Rankings
Updated as source data becomes available. Free to browse. Compare current games in your state.
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