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Poor valueActiveFANTASTIC $500S · $10 · Wisconsin Lottery
FANTASTIC $500S: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $5.44 on average.
▼ -14.8 pts vs launch#9 of 12 · $10 WI gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:12 AM
▼ -14.8 pts vs launch#9 of 12 · $10 WI gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:12 AM
FANTASTIC $500S is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Wisconsin state lottery. Its current expected value is 54.4%, down 14.8 percentage points from the launch value of 69.2%. 2,570 of the original 7,836 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
54.4%
expected return
1 in 3.80
odds of any win
2,570 of 7,836
$500 top prizes left
1%
claimed · 20k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 439,025 winning tickets still unclaimed.
8 win more than $10
$20 – $250, an actual profit
18 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 656 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $5.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$5.44 · 54.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
439,025 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
1.7M
tickets printed
20k
tickets claimed · 1%
1.7M
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
99%
33% of top prizes remain with 99% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Wisconsin Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 WI peers
#9 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Wisconsin Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:12 AM.
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