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Average valueActiveCASH MONEY · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
CASH MONEY: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.50 on average.
▲ +1.8 pts vs launch#2 of 25 · $5 RI gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:47 PM
▲ +1.8 pts vs launch#2 of 25 · $5 RI gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:47 PM
CASH MONEY is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.0%, up 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 1 of the original 2 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 84% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
70.0%
expected return
1 in 4.88
odds of any win
1 of 2
$30K top prizes left
84%
claimed · 489k of 583k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 19,141 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 15,634 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.17 · 63.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.33 · 6.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
19,139 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
84% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
583k
tickets printed
489k
tickets claimed · 84%
94k
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
16%
50% of top prizes remain with only 16% 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, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:47 PM.
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