DC 5 Prizes & Odds
Every prize and the odds of winning it on one play.
Best odds of winning a prize: 1 in 100 (Front Pair).
Straight
Match all 5 digits in the exact order drawn.
$25,0001 in 100,000Box
Match all 5 digits in any order.
- Four alike, like 11112$5,0001 in 20,000
- Three alike and a pair, like 11122$2,5001 in 10,000
- Three alike, like 11123$1,2501 in 5,000
- Two pairs, like 11223$8501 in 3,333
- One pair, like 11234$4251 in 1,667
- All different, like 12345$212.501 in 833
Front 4
Match the first 4 digits drawn, in exact order.
$2,5001 in 10,000Back 4
Match the last 4 digits drawn, in exact order.
$2,5001 in 10,000Front 3
Match the first 3 digits drawn, in exact order.
$2501 in 1,000Back 3
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$2501 in 1,000Front Pair
Match the first 2 digits drawn, in exact order.
$251 in 100Back Pair
Match the last 2 digits drawn, in exact order.
$251 in 100
Straight
Match all 5 digits in the exact order drawn.
$50,0001 in 100,000Box
Match all 5 digits in any order.
- Four alike, like 11112$10,0001 in 20,000
- Three alike and a pair, like 11122$5,0001 in 10,000
- Three alike, like 11123$2,5001 in 5,000
- Two pairs, like 11223$1,7001 in 3,333
- One pair, like 11234$8501 in 1,667
- All different, like 12345$4251 in 833
Front 4
Match the first 4 digits drawn, in exact order.
$5,0001 in 10,000Back 4
Match the last 4 digits drawn, in exact order.
$5,0001 in 10,000Front 3
Match the first 3 digits drawn, in exact order.
$5001 in 1,000Back 3
Match the last 3 digits drawn, in exact order.
$5001 in 1,000Front Pair
Match the first 2 digits drawn, in exact order.
$501 in 100Back Pair
Match the last 2 digits drawn, in exact order.
$501 in 100
24% federal and 10.75% state tax are withheld from prizes over $5,000. What a prize pays after taxes
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