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Weak valueActiveHOLIDAY WINNINGS 5 · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
HOLIDAY WINNINGS 5: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.32 on average.
▼ -3.6 pts vs launch#15 of 25 · $5 RI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:48 PM
▼ -3.6 pts vs launch#15 of 25 · $5 RI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:48 PM
HOLIDAY WINNINGS 5 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.4%, down 3.6 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 2 of the original 9 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
66.4%
expected return
1 in 3.49
odds of any win
2 of 9
$1K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 368k of 493k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 35,712 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 11,286 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.32 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.30 · 66.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.02 · 0.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
35,710 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
493k
tickets printed
368k
tickets claimed · 75%
124k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
22%
Tickets left
25%
22% of top prizes remain with 25% 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
#15 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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