🎁 What $9K buys in the United States
4 scratch offs in the United States have a top prize of $9K. Here is what that is worth where it is won, and how often it actually turns up.
What $9K covers
🏠 months of the average rent6.1
🛒 years of groceries1.4
The numbers behind it
- 🎟️ $9K is 9,000 times the price of a $1 ticket.
- ⏳ One top prize turns up about every 357,312 tickets on Potion Payout, going by the numbers the lottery printed.
- 💸 Buying that many tickets would cost about $715K to win $9K -- which is the whole point of the odds.
Tickets with a $9K top prize
| Ticket | Price | Tickets per top prize | Top prizes left |
|---|---|---|---|
 WILD 9S#1643 · Florida | $1 | 1 in 798,815 | 18 left |
 Ace in the Hole#1684 · Oregon | $2 | 1 in 357,385 | 2 left |
 Potion Payout#1685 · Oregon | $2 | 1 in 357,312 | 2 left |
| Treasure Trove #1696 · Oregon | $2 | 1 in 358,532 | 2 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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