Are the top prizes in Emerald 8s still available?

No — all 2 top prizes of $20,000 have been claimed, though tickets may still be sold.

What does a Emerald 8s ticket pay back?

You get back about 52¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the Mississippi Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

Mississippi · $2 ticket · #230

Emerald 8s

Updated today

Top prize is gone — every $20,000 prize has been claimed. A $2 ticket returns about 52¢ on average.

Top prize goneTwo biggest prizes gone

Pays back per $1 52¢ about 63¢ when the game launched

Top prize $20,000 all claimed

How far along 89% about 89% of tickets already sold · roughly 108,653 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 4.54 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$20,000	0	2
$2,000	0	5
$200	14	169
$100	54	690
$50	151	2,686
$20	599	6,682
$10	1,836	20,086
$5	8,503	90,449
$2	12,149	100,440

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.5196 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.6346 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 4.54
Estimated tickets printed: 1,004,289
Estimated tickets remaining: 108,653
Estimated fraction sold: 0.8918
Game number: #230

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

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