🏆 $250K top prize claimed on Iowa's MERRY MONEY scratch-off
3 of 4 top prizes remain on the $20 game, according to the lottery's published data.
· Iowa
The Iowa lottery's own prizes-remaining data shows a top prize of $250K claimed on MERRY MONEY, a $20 scratch-off. 3 of the 4 printed now remain.
The change appeared in the published data on October 21, 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 MERRY MONEY are 1 in 2.90. They were fixed at printing and describe the whole run, including every prize already claimed.
MERRY MONEY today
| Prize | Printed | Left now |
|---|---|---|
| $250K | 4 | 3 |
| $5K | 18 | 18 |
| $2K | 62 | 53 |
| $1K | 131 | 117 |
| $500 | 645 | 575 |
| $200 | 826 | 739 |
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