The current odds of winning any prize on Hit $500 are 1 in 3.51 (28.51%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $500 top prize.

Yes. 12422 of the 17719 $500 top prizes have been claimed, and 5297 are still unclaimed, as of Oct 19, 2026. We estimate about 31% of the game's 4,896,667 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. Hit $500 is on sale at Georgia Lottery retailers, and sales are scheduled to end on Mar 12, 2036.

Among the 23 $10 Georgia scratch-offs on sale, Hit $500 ranks #18 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 3.51 tickets winning at least the $10 ticket price back. Right now the $10 game with the best odds of breaking even is JUMBO JUMBO BUCKS, where 1 in 2.36 tickets wins at least $10 back.

Hit $500 has 7 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $500 at 1 in 289 (5,297 of 17,719 left); $200+ at 1 in 208 (2,067 of 6,911 left); $100+ at 1 in 93.6 (9,015 of 29,935 left); $50+ at 1 in 57 (10,493 of 34,863 left); $30+ at 1 in 20.1 (49,544 of 163,157 left); $20+ at 1 in 5.46 (204,227 of 652,838 left); $10+ at 1 in 3.51 (156,259 of 489,639 left).

The odds of winning at least your $10 back on one Hit $500 ticket are 1 in 3.51 (28.51%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 5.46 (18.32%).

Hit $500 costs $10 per ticket. It is sold at authorized Georgia Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — Georgia scratchers and Georgia scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The Georgia Lottery lists them under "Scratchers" on its own site. "Scratchers" is simply what most players in Georgia call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. In Georgia, "instant games" and "instant tickets" mean these same paper tickets you buy at a retailer — not the lottery's online games. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

Hit $500, a $10 Georgia scratch-off, was released on Apr 21, 2026 by the Georgia Lottery.