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Average valueActivePINBALL WIZARD · $10 · Rhode Island Lottery
PINBALL WIZARD: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.96 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $10 RI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:49 AM
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $10 RI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:49 AM
PINBALL WIZARD is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 2 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
69.6%
expected return
1 in 3.46
odds of any win
2 of 6
$100K top prizes left
72%
claimed · 1.3M of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 147,081 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
14 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 2,565 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.96 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.46 · 64.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.50 · 5.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
147,047 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2022.
1.8M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 72%
511k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
28%
33% of top prizes remain with only 28% 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
#7 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:49 AM.
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