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ActiveLOOSE CHANGE · $1 · Missouri Lottery

LOOSE CHANGE: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.66 on average.

-1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 5 · $1 MO gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:54 AM

LOOSE CHANGE is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 67.0%. 6 of the original 7 $2,500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.

66.0%
expected return
1 in 4.79
odds of any win
6 of 7
$3K top prizes left
23%
claimed · 1.9M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 1,360,448 winning tickets still unclaimed.

9 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 250,628 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $0.66 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $1 – $500
$0.66 · 65.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $3K
$0.00 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
1,360,434 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

23% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there

Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.

8.4M
tickets printed
1.9M
tickets claimed · 23%
6.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
86%
Tickets left
77%
86% of top prizes remain with only 77% 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 $1 MO peers
#2 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:54 AM.
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