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Average valueActiveACES HIGH · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
ACES HIGH: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.43 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#4 of 25 · $5 RI games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#4 of 25 · $5 RI games
ACES HIGH is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.6%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.4%. 2 of the original 2 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 14% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
68.6%
expected return
1 in 3.87
odds of any win
2 of 2
$30K top prizes left
14%
claimed · 78k of 544k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 120,736 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 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 10,373 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.43 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.25 · 65.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $30K
$0.18 · 3.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
120,722 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
14% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
544k
tickets printed
78k
tickets claimed · 14%
467k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
86%
100% of top prizes remain with only 86% 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
#4 of 25
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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