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Weak valueActiveSOCCER FORTUNE · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
SOCCER FORTUNE: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#8 of 25 · $5 RI games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#8 of 25 · $5 RI games
SOCCER FORTUNE is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 2 of the original 4 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 40% of the 0.3M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 4.01
odds of any win
2 of 4
$10K top prizes left
40%
claimed · 129k of 321k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 48,121 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
9 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 7,716 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.18 · 63.5% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $10K
$0.19 · 3.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
48,112 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
40% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
321k
tickets printed
129k
tickets claimed · 40%
193k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
60%
50% of top prizes remain with 60% 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
#8 of 25
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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