DiamondsKentucky Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Diamonds is one of the Kentucky Lottery's $5 games. Our estimate for the $100,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 1,193,333 per ticket, from 1 in 1,020,000 at launch. At 1 in 4.95, its overall odds are the longest of Kentucky's 18 $5 games. Its ValueScore of 21/100 (Below Avg) makes it 18th out of 18 $5 tickets in Kentucky.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.0M at launch, about 1 in 1.2M now. The $100,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Expected value of $0.70 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
- The prize pool is running thin, with most prizes already won.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated November 7Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 1,020,000 | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 30,000 | 136 | 34 | 25% |
| $500 | 1 in 6,000 | 680 | 193 | 28% |
| $200 | 1 in 585 | 6,970 | 1,948 | 28% |
| $100 | 1 in 388 | 10,506 | 3,008 | 29% |
| $50 | 1 in 129 | 31,518 | 8,894 | 28% |
| $20 | 1 in 25 | 163,200 | 46,304 | 28% |
| $10 | 1 in 7 | 612,000 | 180,921 | 30% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on April 5, 3 $100,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on August 2.
| Date | What happened | Top prizes left |
|---|---|---|
| April 5 | Launched | 4 |
| May 17 | 1 claimed | 3 |
| July 2 | 1 claimed | 2 |
| August 2 | 1 claimed | 1 |
| November 7 | Latest count | 1 |
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Kentucky's $5 games (1% a week). By tickets sold, it is the estimated #2 best seller of the 38 Kentucky tickets we can rank, at about 45,000 tickets a week.
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Kentucky
- Game Number
- 131
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 4/2/2026
- Payout %
- 70.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 11/7/2026
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Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.