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Decent valueActiveAMERICA 250 · $10 · Missouri Lottery
AMERICA 250: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.53 on average.
▲ +0.7 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $10 MO games
▲ +0.7 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $10 MO games
AMERICA 250 is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.3%, up 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 74.6%. 5 of the original 6 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 38% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
75.3%
expected return
1 in 3.30
odds of any win
5 of 6
$250K top prizes left
38%
claimed · 1.9M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 933,730 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$15 – $250, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,108 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $250
$6.85 · 68.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $250K
$0.68 · 6.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $250 wins
933,350 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
38% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
5M
tickets printed
1.9M
tickets claimed · 38%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
83%
Tickets left
62%
83% of top prizes remain with only 62% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Missouri Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 MO peers
#5 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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