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Poor valueActiveWIN $500 · $5 · Wisconsin Lottery
WIN $500: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.39 on average.
▼ -16.2 pts vs launch#17 of 19 · $5 WI games
▼ -16.2 pts vs launch#17 of 19 · $5 WI games
WIN $500 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Wisconsin state lottery. Its current expected value is 47.8%, down 16.2 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 854 of the original 3,284 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 1.5M printed tickets have been sold.
47.8%
expected return
1 in 4.00
odds of any win
854 of 3,284
$500 top prizes left
1%
claimed · 10k of 1.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 361,483 winning tickets still unclaimed.
8 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
17 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 1,711 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.39 · 47.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
361,483 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, May 2026.
1.5M
tickets printed
10k
tickets claimed · 1%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
26%
Tickets left
99%
26% 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 $5 WI peers
#17 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Wisconsin Lottery published claim data.
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