The lottery’s leftover-prize list. Not what’s in one store. Some lotteries post daily, some weekly. We keep scanning for the next official update.
What the Heat number means
Heat is Scratch Vault’s leftover mix on that desk at that price, plus a small leftover-pace bump — not a chance of winning and not store inventory. Hot / Warm / Cold compare leftover mix against other loaded $5–$50 games on this desk at this price, then leftover-prize pace (how fast listed $50+ prize rows are being claimed). Skip stays Skip. Printed odds never change.
18+ to use this tool. Scratch Vault is not a lottery.
From leftover prizes back to the games list
On $5, $10, $20, $25, $30, and $50 cards, Scratch Vault reads two official leftover lists. The decay signal is leftover prize amounts of $50 or more on those same games — not “only $50 tickets.” When a prize is claimed, that leftover count drops. That pace ranks which games to look at and which to walk past. Printed odds never change.
01
Last official list
On each $5–$50 game, add leftover prize rows of $50 or more that both official lists still share. A prize row missing from the live table is ignored — it is not treated as used.
02
Prizes get claimed
When someone cashes a listed prize, the next official list is smaller. That drop is claims, not tickets sold, and not what is sitting in one drawer.
03
Remaining games get a Heat
The drop is scaled to a 16-day window: Still, Quiet, Moving, or Fast. That pace adds a small leftover-pace bump after leftover mix is compared on that desk at that price. Hot / Warm / Cold follow the combined number. Skip stays Skip.
Sample math — not a live game
How a leftover drop becomes a Heat sticker
Last list · leftover prize rows of $50+ (any $5–$50 card)
100
This list · leftover prize rows of $50+ (any $5–$50 card)
92
- Claimed (used) in the window
- −8
- Drop, scaled to 16 days
- 8% / 16d
- Leftover pace
- Fast
- Remaining Heat
- 55
- Pace bump
- +10
- Combined Heat
- 65
Warm 55 + Fast +10 = Heat 65 Hot. That game moves up the look-at list. It does not change the odds printed on any ticket.
Only prize amounts that exist on both official lists are compared. Leftover pace is claims, not tickets sold, not store inventory.
Printed overall odds never change. 18+ (Iowa tickets 21+). Scratch Vault is not a lottery.
How Heat is scored
Scratch Vault is the leftover-prize desk for $5, $10, $20, $25, $30, and $50 cards. Hot / Warm / Cold compare leftover mix on that desk at that price, then a small leftover-pace bump. That is aisle context. It is not store inventory and not a chance of winning. Printed odds never change.
- Leftover mix (Vault): Hot / Warm / Cold compare leftover mix on that desk at that price — listed top / mid / cash, re-scaled against other loaded $5–$50 games. Same recipe on all 12 public desks. Hot ≥62, Warm ≥42, Cold below. Skip when the retail top is gone or the mid-tier is drained.
- Leftover pace (every $5–$50 ticket): overlap leftover prize rows of $50 or more on two official snapshots. That $50 floor is the prize amount, not the ticket price. Missing live tiers are ignored (not decay). Drop is scaled to a 16-day window. Still ≤0.5% · Quiet 0.5–3% · Moving 3–8% · Fast ≥8%.
- Heat number = that leftover mix + a small leftover-pace bump. Fast +10 (or −6 if no retail top). Moving +6. Quiet 0. Still −3. Hot / Warm / Cold use that combined Heat. Skip stays Skip.
Why this desk: most leftover lists only show what is still posted. Scratch Vault also shows which of those leftover books are moving. Use it to choose which games to look at and which to walk past. Printed odds never change. 18+ (Iowa tickets 21+).
Independent reconstruction — not official ticket art.
Game #1856 · $20
Jumbo Bucks Crossword
Top prize $75,000. About 1 in 3.20 tickets win something (usually small) (confirm on the ticket)
Ticket face is an independent reconstruction, not official Tennessee Lottery artwork, and may not match a ticket in your hand. Official remaining-prizes page has the real ticket.
Vault score
73
Heat includes leftover pace (how fast listed prizes are being claimed) plus prizes still posted. Printed odds never change.
Big prizes (store)
57
Posted — top · effective — after Play It Again holdback.
Middle prizes (est.)
42
What typical tickets still pay, including price-scaled secondary prizes.
Play It Again
Tennessee typically reserves one top prize per instant game for Play It Again. A posted “1 left” is treated as no effective retail jackpot. Posted top remaining is —. Effective retail top is —.
Still posted
How much cash is still listed
Published remaining × prize amount. Not live store inventory. Unpublished lower tiers are missing from this total.
Top tier still listed
—
Top-tier remaining is not posted.
Mid-tier book is in the Vault
See remaining counts and dollar totals for every published prize tier on this ticket.
TN rules
Posted remaining prizes from the Lottery’s public table. Not live store inventory. A remaining prize may already have been sold. Tennessee instant prizes must typically be claimed within 90 days of the announced game end date (mail-in claims must be postmarked within that window). The ticket and TELC rules control.
- Tennessee typically reserves one top prize per instant game for Play It Again second-chance. This desk treats a posted “1 left” jackpot as no effective retail top.
- Prize payment, claim deadlines, and eligibility are solely TELC’s under its rules.
- Game names are used only to identify publicly offered games. Not affiliated with TELC.
Not affiliated with Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation. Cards are original Scratch Vault chrome, not official artwork. 18+ to buy TN tickets. Remaining counts do not improve odds.
Independent analysis only. Not affiliated with Tennessee Lottery or any other lottery. Remaining prizes change as tickets sell. One top prize per game may be held for Play It Again. This does not change lottery outcomes. 18+ to buy TN tickets. If gambling is a problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER.