The odds of winning any prize on NEW!$300,000 Cashword are 1 in 2.28 (43.78%). Those are the odds printed when the game launched, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for its smaller prizes.

Not yet. All 14 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed, as of Oct 22, 2026. We estimate about 95% of the game's 1,716,490 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. NEW!$300,000 Cashword is on sale at Iowa Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 2 $30 Iowa scratch tickets on sale, NEW!$300,000 Cashword ranks #1 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 2.28 tickets winning at least the $30 ticket price back. No other $30 Iowa scratch ticket has better odds of breaking even right now.

NEW!$300,000 Cashword has 12 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $300,000 at 1 in 116,907 (14 of 14 left); $10,000+ at 1 in 11,059 (134 of 139 left); $1,000+ at 1 in 2,965 (404 of 422 left); $500+ at 1 in 495 (2,752 of 2,891 left); $250+ at 1 in 272 (2,715 of 2,836 left); $150+ at 1 in 143 (5,449 of 5,697 left); $100+ at 1 in 75.5 (10,206 of 10,718 left); $70+ at 1 in 51.4 (10,147 of 10,669 left); $60+ at 1 in 26.5 (30,052 of 31,520 left); $50+ at 1 in 7.26 (163,686 of 171,649 left). Printed odds, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for these: $40+ at 1 in 4.2; $30+ at 1 in 2.28.

The odds of winning at least your $30 back on one NEW!$300,000 Cashword ticket are 1 in 2.28 (43.78%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 4.2 (23.78%).

NEW!$300,000 Cashword costs $30 per ticket. It is sold at authorized Iowa Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — Iowa scratch tickets and Iowa scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The Iowa Lottery lists them under "Scratch Games" on its own site. "Scratch Tickets" is simply what most players in Iowa 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.

NEW!$300,000 Cashword, a $30 Iowa scratch ticket, was released on Sep 1, 2026 by the Iowa Lottery.