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Decent valueActiveRI 250 · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
RI 250: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.71 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 26 · $5 RI games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 26 · $5 RI games
RI 250 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.2%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 75.2%. 1 of the original 3 $17,760 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
74.2%
expected return
1 in 3.67
odds of any win
1 of 3
$18K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 468k of 565k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 26,552 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 19,369 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.71 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $250
$3.45 · 69.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $18K
$0.26 · 5.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $250 wins
26,547 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
565k
tickets printed
468k
tickets claimed · 83%
97k
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
17%
33% of top prizes remain with only 17% 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 26
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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