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Weak valueActiveSOCCER FORTUNE · $5 · Rhode Island Lottery
SOCCER FORTUNE: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.31 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#17 of 26 · $5 RI games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#17 of 26 · $5 RI games
SOCCER FORTUNE is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.2%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 1 of the original 4 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 44% of the 0.3M printed tickets have been sold.
66.2%
expected return
1 in 4.01
odds of any win
1 of 4
$10K top prizes left
44%
claimed · 143k of 321k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 44,591 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $250, 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 8,937 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.31 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.17 · 63.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $10K
$0.14 · 2.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
44,584 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
44% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
321k
tickets printed
143k
tickets claimed · 44%
179k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
56%
25% of top prizes remain with 56% 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
#17 of 26
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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