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Average valueActive10 YEARS OF CASH · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
10 YEARS OF CASH: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.54 on average.
▲ +2.8 pts vs launch#2 of 25 · $5 RI games
▲ +2.8 pts vs launch#2 of 25 · $5 RI games
10 YEARS OF CASH is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.8%, up 2.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 1 of the original 2 $85,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 86% of the 1.4M printed tickets have been sold.
70.8%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
1 of 2
$85K top prizes left
86%
claimed · 1.2M of 1.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 50,818 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 10,249 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.54 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.05 · 61.0% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $85K
$0.49 · 9.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
50,815 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
86% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2023.
1.4M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 86%
195k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
14%
50% of top prizes remain with only 14% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Rhode Island Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 RI peers
#2 of 25
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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