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Average valueActiveEMERALD GREEN 5X · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
EMERALD GREEN 5X: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.43 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#3 of 25 · $5 RI games
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#3 of 25 · $5 RI games
EMERALD GREEN 5X is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.6%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 2 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
68.6%
expected return
1 in 3.97
odds of any win
2 of 3
$25K top prizes left
46%
claimed · 252k of 549k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 74,763 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 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 8,998 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
$3.16 · 63.2% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $25K
$0.27 · 5.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
74,755 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
549k
tickets printed
252k
tickets claimed · 46%
297k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
54%
67% of top prizes remain with only 54% 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
#3 of 25
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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