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Average valueActiveJOKERS WILD · $5 · Missouri Lottery
JOKERS WILD: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.43 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#2 of 14 · $5 MO games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#2 of 14 · $5 MO games
JOKERS WILD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 4 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 45% of the 5.5M printed tickets have been sold.
68.6%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
4 of 6
$100K top prizes left
45%
claimed · 2.5M of 5.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 768,573 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
12 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 5,830 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.43 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.12 · 62.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.31 · 6.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
768,144 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
45% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
5.5M
tickets printed
2.5M
tickets claimed · 45%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
55%
67% of top prizes remain with only 55% 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
#2 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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