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Weak valueActiveBOSTON CELTICS · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
BOSTON CELTICS: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.34 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#14 of 25 · $5 RI games
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#14 of 25 · $5 RI games
BOSTON CELTICS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.8%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 1 of the original 2 $35,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 56% of the 0.8M printed tickets have been sold.
66.8%
expected return
1 in 3.96
odds of any win
1 of 2
$35K top prizes left
56%
claimed · 421k of 758k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 84,997 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $300, 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 48,065 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $300
$3.22 · 64.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $35K
$0.12 · 2.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $300 wins
84,990 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
56% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
758k
tickets printed
421k
tickets claimed · 56%
336k
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
44%
50% of top prizes remain with only 44% 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
#14 of 25
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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