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🏆 $50K top prize claimed on Iowa's MEGA BUCKS scratch-off

3 of 6 top prizes remain on the $5 game, according to the lottery's published data.

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The Iowa lottery's own prizes-remaining data shows a top prize of $50K claimed on MEGA BUCKS, a $5 scratch-off. 3 of the 6 printed now remain.

The change appeared in the published data on October 27, 2026. Lotteries publish with a lag, so the prize itself may have been claimed a day or more earlier. The figures do not say who claimed it or where, and neither do we.

Overall odds on MEGA BUCKS are 1 in 3.67. They were fixed at printing and describe the whole run, including every prize already claimed.

MEGA BUCKS today

PrizePrintedLeft now
$50K63
$1K158110
$2501265926
$10023081668
$5031782276

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What this does not say

That any ticket is a good buy. Every scratch game returns less than it takes in, with or without its top prize.