🎁 What $250K buys in the United States
82 scratch offs in the United States have a top prize of $250K. Here is what that is worth where it is won, and how often it actually turns up.
What $250K covers
💼 years of the median salary2.9
🏠 months of the average rent168
🛒 years of groceries40
The numbers behind it
- 🎟️ $250K is 50,000 times the price of a $5 ticket.
- ⏳ One top prize turns up about every 129,111 tickets on $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS, going by the numbers the lottery printed.
- 💸 Buying that many tickets would cost about $2.6M to win $250K -- which is the whole point of the odds.
Tickets with a $250K top prize
| Ticket | Price | Tickets per top prize | Top prizes left |
|---|---|---|---|
 $250,000 HOLIDAY CA$H#1611 · Florida | $5 | 1 in 3,150,518 | 2 left |
 $250,000 JACKPOT#540 · Massachusetts | $5 | 1 in 2,684,993 | 2 left |
 20X The Cash#30 · North Carolina | $5 | 1 in 1,426,170 | 12 left |
 20X The Cash#980 · North Carolina | $5 | 1 in 1,455,943 | 3 left |
 5 Times Lucky#1096 · Ohio | $5 | 1 in 1,270,744 | 2 left |
 Bigger Money Bingo#1521 · Pennsylvania | $5 | 1 in 1,680,611 | None left |
 Cash Crush#1712 · California | $5 | 1 in 1,220,334 | 7 left |
 Crossword Deluxe#1793 · Pennsylvania | $5 | 1 in 1,575,427 | 6 left |
 DOUBLE SIDED DOLLARS#1768 · Georgia | $5 | 1 in 1,214,467 | 1 left |
 ELF#1758 · Pennsylvania | $5 | 1 in 1,681,476 | 2 left |
 FATTER WALLET#1701 · Georgia | $5 | 1 in 1,101,052 | None left |
 Fat Stacks#1804 · Pennsylvania | $5 | 1 in 1,682,112 | 5 left |
 Feeling Lucky#1685 · California | $5 | 1 in 1,219,773 | None left |
 Fever Doubler#1787 · Pennsylvania | $5 | 1 in 1,680,648 | 4 left |
 Giant Jumbo Bucks#1578 · South Carolina | $5 | 1 in 991,789 | None left |
 Giant Jumbo Bucks#1699 · South Carolina | $5 | 1 in 988,701 | 6 left |
 Happy Holidays#1698 · California | $5 | 1 in 1,230,501 | 1 left |
 Jackpot Party#1065 · Ohio | $5 | 1 in 840,308 | 2 left |
 MONOPOLY 20X#1547 · Pennsylvania | $5 | 1 in 1,321,205 | None left |
 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS#1770 · Pennsylvania | $5 | 1 in 1,681,286 | 3 left |
 Red, White & Blue 7's#1730 · California | $5 | 1 in 1,198,967 | 6 left |
 Tic Tac Toe Bonus#1658 · California | $5 | 1 in 1,204,044 | 8 left |
 Winner Winner Chicken Dinner#1632 · California | $5 | 1 in 1,229,062 | 2 left |
 $250,000 50X Cashword#2668 · Texas | $10 | 1 in 2,240,391 | 4 left |
 $250,000 CROSSWORD#550 · Missouri | $10 | 1 in 854,442 | 4 left |
 $250,000 Crossword#1912 · New Jersey | $10 | 1 in 617,820 | None left |
 $250,000 Crossword#1933 · New Jersey | $10 | 1 in 607,625 | None left |
 $250,000 Crossword#1965 · New Jersey | $10 | 1 in 617,790 | 1 left |
 $250,000 Crossword#1996 · New Jersey | $10 | 1 in 611,365 | 6 left |
 $250,000 DEUCE$ WILD POKER#2890 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 600,423 | 1 left |
 $250,000 Gold Rush#2779 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 1,198,593 | 2 left |
 $250,000 Golden Casino#2842 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 1,081,437 | 1 left |
 $250,000 JUMBO BUCKS CROSSWORD#2911 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 506,467 | 7 left |
 $250,000 LOTERIA 7th EDITION#1927 · Washington | $10 | 1 in 716,169 | 1 left |
 $250,000 LOTERIA 8TH EDITION#1971 · Washington | $10 | 1 in 726,055 | 1 left |
 $5,000 FRENZY MULTIPLIER#2620 · Indiana | $10 | — | 1 left |
 100X#2923 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 719,388 | 1 left |
 10X THE MONEY#2571 · Indiana | $10 | — | 1 left |
 777#2632 · Texas | $10 | 1 in 1,024,891 | 1 left |
 AMERICA 250#555 · Missouri | $10 | 1 in 834,436 | 5 left |
 BLAZING HOT BONUS#2605 · Indiana | $10 | — | 1 left |
 BONUS Multiplier BINGO#2893 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 480,687 | 1 left |
 Black Diamond Dazzler#122 · Kentucky | $10 | 1 in 679,438 | 1 left |
 COLORADO GOLD RUSH#2931 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 719,865 | 2 left |
 CUBE CROSSWORD#1987 · Washington | $10 | 1 in 739,723 | 2 left |
 DOUBLE SIDED DOLLARS#2551 · Indiana | $10 | — | None left |
 DOUBLE UP!#2935 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 560,238 | 3 left |
 EMERALD 9s#2908 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 479,362 | 3 left |
 GO FOR THE GREEN#1815 · Washington | $10 | 1 in 908,150 | 1 left |
 Gold Bar 7s#2195 · Virginia | $10 | 1 in 1,201,318 | 1 left |
 Gold Rush $10#779 · Kentucky | $10 | — | 1 left |
 Hit It Big#1680 · Louisiana | $10 | 1 in 341,339 | 2 left |
 Kentucky Jackpot#967 · Kentucky | $10 | — | 1 left |
 Limited Edition Mega Loteria#2676 · Texas | $10 | 1 in 2,508,506 | 2 left |
 Limited Edition Mega Loteria#2721 · Texas | $10 | 1 in 2,151,509 | 14 left |
 MONOPOLY™#2874 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 600,083 | None left |
 MONOPOLY™ 100X#2764 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 1,198,600 | 1 left |
 Mega Cash!#2733 · Texas | $10 | 1 in 1,638,929 | 3 left |
 Mega Loteria#2669 · Texas | $10 | 1 in 3,448,975 | 1 left |
 Money#787 · Maryland | $10 | 1 in 617,054 | 3 left |
 Monopoly™ Secret Vault 100X#2814 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 1,201,197 | 1 left |
 PINK PANTHER CROSSWORD#1947 · Washington | $10 | 1 in 739,107 | 1 left |
 PLUS THE MONEY#2625 · Indiana | $10 | — | 3 left |
 PREMIUM PLAY#2441 · Indiana | $10 | — | 1 left |
 RED HOT MONEY#1997 · Washington | $10 | 1 in 698,622 | 1 left |
 Slots of Luck#2724 · Texas | $10 | 1 in 1,318,483 | 4 left |
 TRIPLE CASH PAYOUT#1946 · Washington | $10 | 1 in 484,141 | 1 left |
 TRIPLE JACKPOT#1935 · Washington | $10 | 1 in 689,089 | 1 left |
 The Big 10#1643 · New Hampshire | $10 | 1 in 370,247 | None left |
 ULTIMATE DASH® Shopping Spree#2914 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 240,122 | 1 left |
 UNO™#2925 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 400,370 | 3 left |
 Wild Cash 100X#990 · Kentucky | $10 | 1 in 680,442 | None left |
 Wild Cherry Crossword#2846 · Colorado | $10 | 1 in 570,494 | None left |
 $$250,000 CA$HWORD 2nd EDITION#1879 · Connecticut | $20 | 1 in 784,711 | 3 left |
 $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS#519 · Massachusetts | $20 | 1 in 129,111 | 14 left |
 100X THE CASH#803 · Iowa | $20 | — | 8 left |
 200X THE WIN#774 · Iowa | $20 | — | 9 left |
 LUCKY 7 BONUS#651 · Iowa | $20 | — | 4 left |
 MONOPOLY DOUBLER#783 · Iowa | $20 | — | 9 left |
 Quarter Million Ca$h#1939 · New Jersey | $20 | 1 in 821,047 | 6 left |
 Set For Life#1073 · Ohio | $20 | 1 in 1,514,636 | 2 left |
| HIGH ROLLER #1416 · Rhode Island | $25 | 1 in 180,315 | None left |
Prizes shown are the advertised top prize before any tax, and the tickets pay smaller prizes far more often than the top one.
Other top prizes here
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Source
- 💼 US Census Bureau, Income in the United States: 2025 — September 2026
- 🏠 US Census Bureau, ACS 2024 median gross rent (table B25064) — September 2026
- 🛒 BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey 2024, food at home — September 2026
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