Are Indiana Scratch Tickets the same as scratch-offs?

Yes — Indiana scratch tickets and Indiana scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The Indiana Lottery lists them under "Scratch-offs" on its own site. "Scratch Tickets" is simply what most players in Indiana call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

What does "ending soon" mean for a Indiana scratch-off?

It depends on what the Hoosier Lottery publishes, and it is worth being precise because states differ. In Indiana the lottery publishes a last day to buy, so a game counts as ending soon here once that date is within about two months. In every case it means the game is on its way out, not that a ticket you already hold is void — prizes stay claimable until the claim deadline. 23 Indiana games are in that position right now. They are listed first above, ordered by the largest prize still unclaimed, ahead of the rest of the state's games.

Should I buy a Indiana scratch-off that is ending soon?

It depends entirely on what is left in it, not on the fact that it is ending. A closing game that still has its top prizes unclaimed can be one of the better buys in the state, because the remaining tickets are competing for a prize pool that was never won down. A closing game whose big prizes are gone is the worst kind of ticket — full price, nothing left to win. That is why this list is ranked by the largest prize still available rather than by how soon the game ends. Check the number next to each game before deciding.

How long do I have to claim a winning Indiana scratch-off?

The claim window is set by the Hoosier Lottery, and it runs from the game's official end date rather than from the day you bought the ticket — how long it runs differs by state, so there is no single national answer. We do not show a per-game claim date for Indiana because the Hoosier Lottery does not publish one in the data we collect. The authoritative deadline is on the Hoosier Lottery's own site at https://hoosierlottery.com. Sign the back of a winning ticket as soon as you find it — an unsigned ticket is a bearer instrument, and whoever holds it can claim it. Smaller prizes can usually be claimed at any authorized retailer; larger ones require a lottery claim center or a mailed claim.

How is this different from the Indiana Lottery's expiring tickets page?

The Hoosier Lottery publishes the official end dates and claim deadlines, and that is the authoritative source for whether a ticket you hold is still good. This page answers the other half: of the games that are closing, which ones still have prizes worth chasing. We recalculate the prizes remaining in every Indiana game daily from the Hoosier Lottery's own data, so the ranking above reflects what is actually left rather than what the game looked like at launch.

How do I judge a Indiana scratch-off that is ending soon?

1. Decide what winning means to you before you compare anything. No scratch-off is good or bad on its own — it is good for one outcome and usually poor for another. The same Indiana game can sit near the top of the state for winning back your money and near the bottom for winning $100,000. This page shows the games the state is closing, ranked by the largest prize still unclaimed — a game ending with its top prizes intact is worth more than one ending without them. 2. Use odds from prizes and tickets left, not the odds printed on the ticket. Printed odds are fixed the day a game launches and never change. Real odds are the prizes still unclaimed divided by the tickets still out there, and both move daily as the game sells — which is why a Indiana scratch-off can be worth buying one week and not the next with nothing on the ticket changing. Doing this by hand means recalculating it for all 81 active Indiana games every day. 3. Check the odds for the prize amount you are actually after. Odds to win any prize and odds to win $1,000 are different numbers on the same scratch-off, and a game can be strong at one and weak at the other. Look up the odds for your target specifically — $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and up — rather than assuming good overall odds carry over to the prize you care about. 4. On a closing game, check what is left before you check the date. A Indiana scratch-off being pulled from shelves tells you nothing on its own. What matters is the prize pool it is closing with: a game ending with its top prizes unclaimed is competing for a pot nobody won, while one ending with them gone is full price for nothing. The end date only sets your deadline — the prizes left decide whether it is worth buying at all. 5. Or read it off a ranking that already did the maths. ScratchOdds recomputes all of the above for every one of the 81 active Indiana games each day from official Indiana Lottery data — odds per prize tier, odds to break even, odds to win $50 through $5M, current payout and grand prizes left — then ranks the games by whichever outcome you picked in step one. The ranking on this page is that answer for the games closing soonest. The app adds your budget, working out how many of which ticket to buy.

Do Indiana Scratch-Offs Expire? Games Ending Soon (October 2026)

Q: Do Indiana scratch-offs expire?

Yes, and two separate clocks run on every Indiana scratch-off. The first is the game's own end date — once the Hoosier Lottery closes a game, retailers stop selling it, but tickets already bought are still good. The second is the claim deadline that follows it, and that is the one that matters if you are holding a ticket: once it passes, a winning ticket cannot be redeemed at all. The Hoosier Lottery does not publish a per-game claim deadline in the data we collect, so we do not show one rather than guess at it. Either way, confirm the date against https://hoosierlottery.com before relying on it — it is the difference between claiming a prize and losing it.

Today's Indiana Scratch-Offs with Games Ending Soon FirstToday's Indiana Scratch-Offs withGames Ending Soon First

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INDIANA POP

LOTERIA GRANDE

RUBY 7S

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THE WIZARD OF OZ

CHROME

COLOSSAL CASH

SUPREME GOLD

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DIAMOND DASH

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10 YEARS OF CASH

SOME LIKE IT HOT

SAPPHIRE 7S

WIN IT ALL!

WINTER GREEN

$500 WINFALL

FULL OF $200S

SPACE INVADERS CASH INVAS

PREMIUM PLAY

WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD 10X

$10,000 LOADED!

CASH EXTRAVAGANZA

$500,000 FORTUNE

LADY LUCK

BONUS MULTIPLIER

ELECTRIC 7S

NEON 9S CROSSWORD

EMERALD MINE

CASH VAULT

BINGO FRENZY

WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD TRI

INDIANA CASH BLOWOUT

$50 FRENZY

20X THE MONEY

10X THE MONEY

$2,000,000 ULTIMATE

GOLD HARD CASH

ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS

SUPER CASH BLOWOUT

LUXE MILLIONS

$38,000,000 SPECTACULAR

LUCKY DOG

CA$HWORD

EXTREME CASH BLOWOUT

STACKS OF CASH

FAT WALLET

POWER BLITZ

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WILD MULTIPLIER

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IN THE MONEY

DIAMOND 7S

EMERALD 7S

POWER 50X

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ACES & 8S

LION,S SHARE

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SPACE INVADERS CASH INVAS

$500 GRAND

CASH SURGE

MEGA MONEY

CA$H SHARK

MONEY BAG MULTIPLIER

GO FOR THE GREEN

$100,000 GOLD BAR

SIZZLIN 7s

WILD CHERRY

SPOOKY LOOT

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HIGH ROLLER

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