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Average valueActivePATRIOTS · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
PATRIOTS: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.41 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 26 · $5 RI games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 26 · $5 RI games
PATRIOTS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.2%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 2 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 10% of the 0.8M printed tickets have been sold.
68.2%
expected return
1 in 4.01
odds of any win
2 of 2
$50K top prizes left
10%
claimed · 76k of 770k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 172,814 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $150, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 6,866 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.41 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.21 · 64.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.20 · 4.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
172,785 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% 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, Jul 2026.
770k
tickets printed
76k
tickets claimed · 10%
693k
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
Rhode Island Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 RI peers
#6 of 26
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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