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Poor valueActiveWILD CHERRY CROSSWORD · $2 · Rhode Island Lottery
WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.04 on average.
▼ -12.5 pts vs launch#12 of 12 · $2 RI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:48 AM
▼ -12.5 pts vs launch#12 of 12 · $2 RI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:48 AM
WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 52.0%, down 12.5 percentage points from the launch value of 64.5%. 0 of the original 2 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 2.0M printed tickets have been sold.
52.0%
expected return
1 in 4.42
odds of any win
0 of 2
$20K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 1.7M of 2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 68,807 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 75,783 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.04 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.03 · 51.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.01 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
68,803 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2022.
2M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 85%
303k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
15%
0% of top prizes remain with 15% 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 $2 RI peers
#12 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:48 AM.
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