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Poor valueActive$500 FRENZY · $5 · Missouri Lottery
$500 FRENZY: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.80 on average.
▼ -12.2 pts vs launch#14 of 14 · $5 MO games
▼ -12.2 pts vs launch#14 of 14 · $5 MO games
$500 FRENZY is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 56.0%, down 12.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 0 of the original 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 91% of the 3.8M printed tickets have been sold.
56.0%
expected return
1 in 4.12
odds of any win
0 of 4
$100K top prizes left
91%
claimed · 3.4M of 3.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 86,055 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,304 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.80 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.79 · 55.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.01 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
86,051 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
91% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
3.8M
tickets printed
3.4M
tickets claimed · 91%
355k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
9%
0% of top prizes remain with 9% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Missouri Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 MO peers
#14 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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