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Ranked 17th of 75 Tickets in Rhode Island

MEGA CASHRhode Island Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Rhode Island Lottery
62
VALUESCORE
Good
$10Rhode IslandGame #1487GREEN
At a glance

MEGA CASH is one of the Rhode Island Lottery's $10 games. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $50,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 172,249, from 1 in 394,380 at launch. At launch, about 1 in 197,190 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.80
Exp. Value
$0.70
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$50,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
44%
ValueScore™
62 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.70
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
It is 3rd of the 16 active $10 games in Rhode Island, with better-than-average value overall.
Why
↑Strong prize quality: a healthy share of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 394K at launch, about 1 in 172K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $50,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • You win something fairly often here, about 26% per ticket (1 in 3.80).
  • Expected value of $0.70 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$50,000
1 of 1 left
launch odds 1 in 394K
now ~1 in 172K
$50,000
1 of 1 left
launch odds 1 in 394K
now ~1 in 172K
$5,000
1 of 1 left
launch odds 1 in 394K
now ~1 in 172K
$5,000
1 of 2 left
launch odds 1 in 197K
now ~1 in 172K
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
$50,0001 in 394,38011
100%
$50,0001 in 394,38011
100%
$5,0001 in 394,38011
100%
$5,0001 in 394,38010Claimed
$5,0001 in 197,19021
50%
$5001 in 12,7223120
65%
$5001 in 12,7223112
39%
$5001 in 13,1463015
50%
$5001 in 12,7223112
39%
$5001 in 12,7223111
35%
$2001 in 3,86610240
39%
$2001 in 1,87821088
42%
$2001 in 1,93320489
44%
$2001 in 1,547255106
42%
$2001 in 1,547255109
43%
$1001 in 969407185
45%
$1001 in 556709305
43%
$1001 in 555711316
44%
$1001 in 556709300
42%
$1001 in 551716301
42%
$501 in 794,9662,158
43%
$501 in 656,0462,621
43%
$501 in 656,0742,564
42%
$201 in 409,8414,354
44%
$201 in 3013,1555,699
43%
$201 in 3013,1375,565
42%
$101 in 946,01120,404
44%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$2,764,470
Current Prize Pool
$1,255,650
Payout Percentage
45.4%
Total Prizes Remaining
45,278

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
394,380
Estimated Remaining
172,249
% Remaining
43.7%
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 March 6, when our records for it began, one $50,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on October 19.

20
2
1
March 6October 19
  • October 19, 20261 claimed · 1 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for Rhode Island's $10 games (0.7% 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

62
VALUESCORE
Good
62
out of 100
Expected Value
23/40
Prize Quality
19/25
Win Frequency
12/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1487
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
2/7/2026
Payout %
70.1%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.80 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 MEGA CASH scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. MEGA CASH scores 62/100 (Good) and is 3rd of the 16 active $10 games in Rhode Island. It pays back about $0.70 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the MEGA CASH scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with MEGA CASH are 1 in 3.80. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for MEGA CASH?
The top prize for MEGA CASH is $50,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.

Every $10 ticket in Rhode Island

All 16 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
HOLIDAY GOLD881 in 3.4870.1%$2K · 7-
$50,000 BONUS MATCH751 in 3.6770.3%$50K · 21.6%
MEGA CASH (this game)621 in 3.8070.1%$50K · 11.1%
MEGA LOTERIA611 in 3.5870.0%$60K · 10.6%
THUNDER STRUCK611 in 3.7770.2%$50K · 12.1%
MEGA CROSSWORD591 in 3.5570.6%$75K · 10.4%
10X CASH BLITZ581 in 3.7570.1%$50K · 00.0%
PINBALL WIZARD571 in 3.4670.0%$100K · 30.3%
WHEEL OF FORTUNE541 in 3.7470.1%$50K · 10.8%
RUBY RED 10X531 in 3.7570.2%$50K · 11.4%

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.