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Average valueActiveACES HIGH · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
ACES HIGH: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.44 on average.
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 26 · $5 RI games
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 26 · $5 RI games
ACES HIGH is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.8%, up 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.4%. 2 of the original 2 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 20% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
68.8%
expected return
1 in 3.87
odds of any win
2 of 2
$30K top prizes left
20%
claimed · 108k of 544k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 112,883 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 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 9,918 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.25 · 65.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $30K
$0.19 · 3.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
112,869 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
20% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
544k
tickets printed
108k
tickets claimed · 20%
436k
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
80%
100% of top prizes remain with only 80% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Rhode Island Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 RI peers
#5 of 26
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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