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Ranked 31st of 57 Tickets in Kentucky

Strike It RichKentucky Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Kentucky Lottery
50
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5KentuckyGame #117GREEN
At a glance

Strike It Rich is one of the Kentucky Lottery's $5 games. At launch, about 1 in 19,615 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more. It pays back about $0.70 per $1 on average, in line with Kentucky's other $5 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.67
Exp. Value
$0.70
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$75,000
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
51%
ValueScore™
50 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.70
→
AVERAGE
Nothing wrong with it, but nothing special either; it is 8th of the 18 active $5 games in Kentucky.
Why
→Expected value lands near the pack at $0.70 per $1 spent.
  • A reasonable chunk of the top and mid-tier prizes are still available, though not the majority.
  • Winning tickets come up at a 27% clip (1 in 3.67), above the norm.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated November 7
$75,000
2 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 1.0M
now ~1 in 1.0M
$1,000
107 of 204 left
launch odds 1 in 20K
now ~1 in 20K
$500
211 of 408 left
launch odds 1 in 10K
now ~1 in 9,896
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$75,0001 in 1,020,00042
50%
$1,0001 in 20,000204107
52%
$5001 in 10,000408211
52%
$2001 in 5856,9703,549
51%
$1001 in 34911,6965,964
51%
$501 in 12632,47016,641
51%
$201 in 33122,40063,458
52%
$101 in 9448,800227,833
51%
$51 in 8489,600251,615
51%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$14,279,100
Current Prize Pool
$7,306,315
Payout Percentage
51.2%
Total Prizes Remaining
569,380

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
4,080,000
Estimated Remaining
2,088,056
% Remaining
51.2%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is the lottery’s published print run. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since its launch on April 5, 2 $75,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on October 19.

DateWhat happenedTop prizes left
April 5Launched4
April 121 claimed3
October 191 claimed2
November 7Latest count2

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Kentucky's $5 games (1.1% a week). By tickets sold, it is still the estimated #12 best seller of the 38 Kentucky tickets we can rank, at about 9,600 tickets a week: a small share of a big print run is a lot of tickets.

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

50
VALUESCORE
Fair
50
out of 100
Expected Value
13/40
Prize Quality
13/25
Win Frequency
12/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 11/7/2026

Game Details

Game Number
117
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
4/2/2026
Payout %
70.0%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
11/7/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.67 overall odds
✓ Accounts for prizes already claimed

Entertainment only. Outcomes are random and won't match a real session. Current-odds mode scales each tier by remaining prizes and tickets.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Strike It Rich scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Strike It Rich scores 50/100 (Fair) and is 8th out of 18 $5 tickets in Kentucky. It pays back about $0.70 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the Kentucky rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Strike It Rich scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Strike It Rich are 1 in 3.67. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Strike It Rich?
The top prize for Strike It Rich is $75,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $5 ticket in Kentucky

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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.