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Weak valueActiveLOOSE CHANGE · $1 · Missouri Lottery
LOOSE CHANGE: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.65 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $1 MO games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $1 MO games
LOOSE CHANGE is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 67.0%. 3 of the original 7 $2,500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 47% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 4.79
odds of any win
3 of 7
$3K top prizes left
47%
claimed · 4M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 935,987 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 263,715 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.65 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.65 · 64.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $3K
$0.00 · 0.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
935,978 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
47% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
8.4M
tickets printed
4M
tickets claimed · 47%
4.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
43%
Tickets left
53%
43% of top prizes remain with 53% 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 $1 MO peers
#1 of 2
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
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LOOSE CHANGE
65.0%
2
HOT 7S
64.0%
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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