How we source & publish lottery data
The Lottery Insider publishes publicly available lottery data for informational purposes. We are not affiliated with any state lottery.
5 states tracked
IL · OH · CA · MA · TX
Official sources only
No modeled estimates
Daily refresh
Per-state scrapers
Our pipeline
From state report to your screen
Official sources
We pull from each state lottery’s published prize-remaining reports — the same data retailers see.
Daily scrapers
Automated jobs run on a schedule aligned with each state’s update cadence.
Normalize
Game names, prize tiers, and odds are mapped into one consistent format across states.
Publish
Rankings, weekly picks, and explorer filters are computed from the normalized dataset.
Scratch-off remaining prizes
For each supported state, we ingest official prize-remaining reports published by the state lottery. We store raw game records and normalize them for consistent display across Illinois, Ohio, California, Massachusetts, and Texas.
- Remaining top prizes — unclaimed top-tier prizes as reported by the state
- Percentage of top prizes left — remaining ÷ original top-tier pool when both are published
- Default sort on state pages — games ranked by % of top prizes still available
What we do not do
- We do not estimate unreported ticket sales or hidden inventory
- We do not guarantee that remaining counts reflect real-time retail stock
- We do not provide gambling advice — rankings highlight data, not purchase recommendations
Jackpots & draw results
Multi-state game jackpots (Powerball, Mega Millions, etc.) are sourced from official draw feeds and refreshed daily. Draw histories power number-trend analysis on the home page.
Ohio-only products
Fast Play progressive data and eInstant RTP tables are sourced from Ohio Lottery official pages and updated on a daily schedule.
Explore the data
State scratch-off pages
Each state hub shows top picks, a full scratch-off explorer, and a shareable weekly report — all sorted by remaining top prizes.
Scratch intel
Quick jump to scratch-off tools
Remaining top prizes for IL, OH, CA, MA, and TX — updated daily.
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