Are the top prizes in SIZZLING HOT $500,000 still available?

2 of 6 top prizes worth $500,000 are still unclaimed.

What does a SIZZLING HOT $500,000 ticket pay back?

You get back about 78¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the Georgia Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

Georgia · $25 ticket · #1741

SIZZLING HOT $500,000

Updated Sep 19

2 top prizes are still unclaimed at $500,000. A $25 ticket returns about 78¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 78¢ about 78¢ when the game launched

Top prize $500,000 2 of 6 still unclaimed

How far along 76% about 76% of tickets already sold · roughly 1.0 million tickets left (estimated) 1 in 2.54 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$500,000	2	6
$50,000	1	4
$10,000	1	4
$5,000	46	177
$1,000	46	173
$500	1,279	5,519
$400	1,389	5,896
$300	2,960	12,818
$250	2,040	8,662
$200	2,054	8,693
$100	14,357	61,155
$75	18,279	76,522
$50	81,784	346,784
$40	85,027	346,562
$30	81,816	346,694
$25	104,353	416,220

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.7772 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.7800 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 2.54
Estimated tickets printed: 4,155,158
Estimated tickets remaining: 1,013,957
Estimated fraction sold: 0.7560
Game number: #1741

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

Source: the Georgia Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.