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Decent valueActiveRI 250 · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
RI 250: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.70 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#1 of 25 · $5 RI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:48 PM
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#1 of 25 · $5 RI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:48 PM
RI 250 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.0%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 75.2%. 1 of the original 3 $17,760 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
74.0%
expected return
1 in 3.67
odds of any win
1 of 3
$18K top prizes left
60%
claimed · 338k of 565k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 62,110 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 25,260 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.70 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $250
$3.56 · 71.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $18K
$0.14 · 2.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $250 wins
62,101 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
565k
tickets printed
338k
tickets claimed · 60%
227k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
40%
33% of top prizes remain with 40% 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
#1 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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