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Average valueActiveSPACE INVADERS™ · $5 · Missouri Lottery
SPACE INVADERS™: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.42 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 17 · $5 MO games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 17 · $5 MO games
SPACE INVADERS™ is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.4%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 3 of the original 3 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 10% of the 3.2M printed tickets have been sold.
68.4%
expected return
1 in 3.96
odds of any win
3 of 3
$100K top prizes left
10%
claimed · 310k of 3.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 738,055 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 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 15,798 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.24 · 64.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.18 · 3.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
737,972 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
10% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
3.2M
tickets printed
310k
tickets claimed · 10%
2.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
90%
100% of top prizes remain with only 90% 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
#3 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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