The odds of winning any prize on NEW!Merry Money are 1 in 2.9 (34.50%). Those are the odds printed when the game launched, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for its smaller prizes.

Not yet. All 4 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed, as of Oct 6, 2026. We estimate nearly all of the game's 503,669 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. NEW!Merry Money is on sale at Iowa Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 6 $20 Iowa scratch tickets on sale, NEW!Merry Money ranks #6 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 2.9 tickets winning at least the $20 ticket price back. Right now the $20 game with the best odds of breaking even is Gem 7s, where 1 in 2.52 tickets wins at least $20 back.

NEW!Merry Money has 11 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $250,000 at 1 in 125,917 (4 of 4 left); $5,000+ at 1 in 22,894 (18 of 18 left); $2,000+ at 1 in 5,996 (62 of 62 left); $1,000+ at 1 in 2,343 (131 of 131 left); $500+ at 1 in 586 (645 of 645 left); $200+ at 1 in 299 (826 of 826 left); $100+ at 1 in 85.7 (4,190 of 4,190 left); $50+ at 1 in 12.8 (33,578 of 33,578 left). Printed odds, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for these: $40+ at 1 in 6.9; $25+ at 1 in 4.72; $20+ at 1 in 2.9.

The odds of winning at least your $20 back on one NEW!Merry Money ticket are 1 in 2.9 (34.50%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 4.72 (21.17%).

NEW!Merry Money costs $20 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!Merry Money, a $20 Iowa scratch ticket, was released on Oct 6, 2026 by the Iowa Lottery.