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Weak valueActiveLOTERIA · $5 · Missouri Lottery
LOTERIA: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.39 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#4 of 14 · $5 MO games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#4 of 14 · $5 MO games
LOTERIA is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.8%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 2 of the original 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 58% of the 3.7M printed tickets have been sold.
67.8%
expected return
1 in 4.01
odds of any win
2 of 4
$100K top prizes left
58%
claimed · 2.1M of 3.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 390,984 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 5,209 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.04 · 60.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.35 · 7.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
390,746 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
58% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
3.7M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 58%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
42%
50% of top prizes remain with only 42% 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
#4 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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