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Poor valueActiveITS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME · $10 · Rhode Island Lottery
ITS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $5.90 on average.
▼ -11.3 pts vs launch#14 of 15 · $10 RI gamesUpdated Jul 21, 2026, 6:47 PM
▼ -11.3 pts vs launch#14 of 15 · $10 RI gamesUpdated Jul 21, 2026, 6:47 PM
ITS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.0%, down 11.3 percentage points from the launch value of 70.3%. 3 of the original 64 $2,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 0.2M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 3.48
odds of any win
3 of 64
$2K top prizes left
87%
claimed · 207k of 237k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 8,617 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 934 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $5.90 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$5.70 · 57.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.20 · 2.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
8,614 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
237k
tickets printed
207k
tickets claimed · 87%
30k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
5%
Tickets left
13%
5% of top prizes remain with 13% 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 $10 RI peers
#14 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 21, 2026, 6:47 PM.
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