Scratch & 50/50
Scratch Ticket Simulator on a Real Prize Table
Scratch a stack of virtual tickets drawn from a real OLG prize table. See how many win, how much comes back and how that compares with the published payout.
This set lost $115. Of 400 people buying 100 tickets each, 1.0% ended up ahead; half got back $121 or less.
Tickets are taken at random from the whole print run, one at a time and not put back. Real packs in a store are not a random mix, so results in a store can differ.
Source: olg.ca: LUCKY 7s 2594 Fact Sheet EN.pdf (2026-10-29)
How it is calculated
Each ticket is taken from what is left of the print run: the chance of a prize row is the number of such tickets left ÷ tickets left.
Tickets printed2,652,000
Payout of the table62.96%
Seed of this run1
The same seed gives the same tickets, so a copied link shows this very run.
How the simulator works
- Take a real prize tableThe simulator uses a published OLG INSTANT prize table: each prize amount and how many tickets carry it.
- Draw tickets at randomEach virtual ticket gets a prize, or no prize, with the same chances as the published table.
- Add up the prizesAll prizes in the stack are added together and compared with what the stack cost.
- Compare with the payout lineThe published prize payout is shown as a line, so you can see whether your stack landed above or below it.
What a stack of tickets returns
| Prize table | Published prize payout | In a short stack |
|---|---|---|
| OLG INSTANT game 2594 | 63.0% | Can land above or below the line |
| OLG INSTANT game 2584 | 65.0% | Can land above or below the line |
| OLG INSTANT game 2568 | 64.9% | Can land above or below the line |
Prize payout is theoretical. It counts all cash prizes (not free tickets) and assumes all tickets are sold and all prizes are claimed.
Wins that lose money
Wins are frequent
For example, in game 2594: 1 in 3.78 tickets wins a prize, but the tickets pay back 63.0% of what they cost.
Most prizes are small
The most common prize rows are the smallest ones. Many of them only give back the ticket price.
A win is not a profit
A prize equal to the price means you got your money back, not that you came out ahead.
Odds vs payout
The overall odds count how often a ticket wins. The payout counts how much money comes back.
Short stack vs whole print run
A short stack
- Results swing a lot from one stack to the next
- One large prize can lift the total above the line
- The total depends on which prizes happen to be drawn
The whole print run in theory
- Assumes every ticket sold and every prize claimed
- Total back would match the theoretical payout if all tickets sold and prizes claimed
- For example, game 2594 has a published theoretical payout of 63.0% of ticket sales
- Ticket quantities may vary; some prizes may already be claimed
Words on this page
- Prize table
- The official list of prize amounts and the number of tickets that carry each prize.
- Overall odds
- How often a ticket wins any prize, including prizes equal to the price.
- Prize payout
- The theoretical share of ticket sales paid back as cash prizes over the whole game. See which games pay back the most.
- Variance
- How far real results move away from the average. Why results swing.
Sources
- OLG – $250 Frenzy instant game 2584, player’s guide fact sheet (2026) · checked Oct 29, 2026
- OLG – 7X Multiplier instant game 2568, player’s guide fact sheet (2026) · checked Oct 29, 2026
- OLG – Lucky 7s instant game 2594, player’s guide fact sheet (2026) · checked Oct 29, 2026
Questions
Is there a scratch ticket simulator?
Yes. The simulator above draws virtual tickets from a published OLG prize table and shows the total back next to the published payout. No money is used and nothing is paid out.
Why do I win often but still lose money?
Most wins are small, often just the ticket price. For example: 1 in 3.78 tickets wins a prize, but the tickets pay back 63.0% of what they cost.
Does the scratch card simulator use a real prize table?
Yes. It uses the prize amounts and number of winners from OLG INSTANT game documents listed below the page. OLG notes that the published odds and prizes may change.
Will real tickets give the same result as the simulator?
Real results can differ from the simulator. The published payout (for example 65.0%) is a theoretical figure that assumes all tickets are sold and all prizes claimed. A short stack of real tickets also swings.