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Poor valueActive$2,000 NOW · $20 · Wisconsin Lottery
$2,000 NOW: Poor value. A $20 ticket pays back $9.88 on average.
▼ -24.0 pts vs launch#12 of 13 · $20 WI games
▼ -24.0 pts vs launch#12 of 13 · $20 WI games
$2,000 NOW is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Wisconsin state lottery. Its current expected value is 49.4%, down 24.0 percentage points from the launch value of 73.4%. 803 of the original 2,017 $2,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
49.4%
expected return
1 in 4.40
odds of any win
803 of 2,017
$2K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 5k of 497k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 109,853 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $20
$40 or $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 612 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $9.88 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $100
$6.61 · 33.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$3.27 · 16.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $100 wins
109,050 winning tickets remain in this range: 67% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
497k
tickets printed
5k
tickets claimed · 1%
491k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
99%
40% of top prizes remain with 99% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Wisconsin Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 WI peers
#12 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Wisconsin Lottery published claim data.
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