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Weak valueActiveRHODE ISLAND LOTERIA · $2 · Rhode Island Lottery
RHODE ISLAND LOTERIA: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.27 on average.
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#3 of 12 · $2 RI games
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#3 of 12 · $2 RI games
RHODE ISLAND LOTERIA is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.5%, down 3.5 percentage points from the launch value of 67.0%. 2 of the original 6 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 86% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
63.5%
expected return
1 in 3.96
odds of any win
2 of 6
$5K top prizes left
86%
claimed · 621k of 725k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 26,309 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $2
$5 – $150, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 26,114 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.17 · 58.7% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.10 · 4.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
26,307 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% 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, Mar 2025.
725k
tickets printed
621k
tickets claimed · 86%
104k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
14%
33% 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 $2 RI peers
#3 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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