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Weak valueActivePOWER UP YOUR CASH · $5 · Wisconsin Lottery
POWER UP YOUR CASH: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.06 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#11 of 19 · $5 WI games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#11 of 19 · $5 WI games
POWER UP YOUR CASH is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Wisconsin state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.2%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 61.8%. 2 of the original 3 $45,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 1.3M printed tickets have been sold.
61.2%
expected return
1 in 3.70
odds of any win
2 of 3
$45K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 4 of 1.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 332,811 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $5
$10 – $270, an actual profit
16 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 115,108 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.06 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $270
$2.96 · 59.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $45K
$0.10 · 1.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $270 wins
332,800 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
1.3M
tickets printed
4
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
67%
Tickets left
100%
67% 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
#11 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Wisconsin Lottery published claim data.
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