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Average valueActiveJOKERS WILD · $5 · Missouri Lottery
JOKERS WILD: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.46 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#1 of 16 · $5 MO games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#1 of 16 · $5 MO games
JOKERS WILD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.2%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 5 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 38% of the 5.5M printed tickets have been sold.
69.2%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
5 of 6
$100K top prizes left
38%
claimed · 2.1M of 5.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 862,651 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,795 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.46 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.12 · 62.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.34 · 6.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
862,164 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% 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.
5.5M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 38%
3.4M
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 $5 MO peers
#1 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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