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Average valueActiveCASH BLAST · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
CASH BLAST: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.42 on average.
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 25 · $5 RI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:48 PM
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 25 · $5 RI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:48 PM
CASH BLAST is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.4%, up 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 2 of the original 2 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 21% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
68.4%
expected return
1 in 4.88
odds of any win
2 of 2
$30K top prizes left
21%
claimed · 128k of 604k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 97,526 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 20,695 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 $10 – $500
$3.29 · 65.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.13 · 2.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
97,521 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
21% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
604k
tickets printed
128k
tickets claimed · 21%
476k
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
79%
100% of top prizes remain with only 79% 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 25
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:48 PM.
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