Illinois · $5 tickets
Best $5 Illinois Scratch-Off Tickets
There are 13 active $5 scratch-off games in the Illinois Lottery right now. Ranked by expected return — how much, on average, comes back for every $1 spent — the best is EMERALD 7S at $0.74 per $1. Updated Jun 21, 2026.
Across the 3 $5 Illinois games with a calculable return, the strongest pays back $0.74 per $1 and the weakest $0.68 — a 7-cent gap on the dollar, averaging $0.72. The biggest prize still in play at this price is $600,000 on ONYX (1 still unclaimed). 10 games here show Return N/A because Illinois doesn’t publish enough live data to price them.
| # | Game | Price | Return / $1 | Top Prize | Est. Tickets Left | Prize Tiers Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EMERALD 7S#7633 | $5 | $0.74 / $1 | $400,000 | 696,306 | 11/11 |
| 2 | 9S IN A LINE#7618 | $5 | $0.72 / $1 | $299,999 | 824,721 | 23/24 |
| 3 | $100,000 CROSSWORD#7641 | $5 | $0.68 / $1 | $100,000 | 1,628,423 | 14/14 |
| 4 | 25X XTRA#7636 | $5 | Return N/A | $500,000 | — | — |
| 5 | 7X BINGO MULTIPLIER#7658 | $5 | Return N/A | $200,000 | — | — |
| 6 | ELECTRIC CA$H#7645 | $5 | Return N/A | $400,000 | — | — |
| 7 | IN THE MONEY#7598 | $5 | Return N/A | $400,000 | — | — |
| 8 | JURASSIC WORLD FRANCHISE#7614 | $5 | Return N/A | $400,000 | — | — |
| 9 | MONEY RUSH#7652 | $5 | Return N/A | $400,000 | — | — |
| 10 | MORE MONEY#7601 | $5 | Return N/A | $400,000 | — | — |
| 11 | ONYX#7649 | $5 | Return N/A | $600,000 | — | — |
| 12 | POWER UP! MULTIPLIER#7656 | $5 | Return N/A | $400,000 | — | — |
| 13 | SUPER CASH BLOWOUT#7612 | $5 | Return N/A | $200 | — | — |
Even the best $5 ticket almost always returns less than $1 per $1 played. These rankings tell you which games are less bad, not which are profitable. Play for fun, not for income.