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Poor valueActiveINSTANT JACKPOT · $5 · Wisconsin Lottery
INSTANT JACKPOT: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.98 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#14 of 19 · $5 WI games
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#14 of 19 · $5 WI games
INSTANT JACKPOT is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Wisconsin state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.6%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 1 of the original 3 $48,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 1.3M printed tickets have been sold.
59.6%
expected return
1 in 3.80
odds of any win
1 of 3
$48K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 8 of 1.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 319,725 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
14 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 21,401 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.98 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.93 · 58.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $48K
$0.05 · 1.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
319,715 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
1.3M
tickets printed
8
tickets claimed · 0%
1.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
100%
33% of top prizes remain with 100% 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 $5 WI peers
#14 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Wisconsin Lottery published claim data.
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