RED HOT CASHRhode Island Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Rhode Island Lottery sells RED HOT CASH as a $5 ticket. By our estimate the $5,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 78,125 per ticket, down from 1 in 136,700. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 27,340 tickets.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 137K at launch, about 1 in 78K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $5,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Late in this game's life: the remaining prize pool is small.
- Prize quality is fair, with some of the bigger winners already claimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 1 in 136,700 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 136,700 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 136,700 | 2 | 0 | Claimed |
| $2,000 | 1 in 68,350 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| $500 | 1 in 91,133 | 3 | 0 | Claimed |
| $500 | 1 in 68,350 | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| $500 | 1 in 45,567 | 6 | 2 | 33% |
| $500 | 1 in 45,567 | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| $200 | 1 in 13,019 | 21 | 5 | 24% |
| $200 | 1 in 10,515 | 26 | 6 | 23% |
| $200 | 1 in 10,515 | 26 | 5 | 19% |
| $200 | 1 in 5,361 | 51 | 12 | 24% |
| $200 | 1 in 5,468 | 50 | 18 | 36% |
| $100 | 1 in 10,126 | 27 | 9 | 33% |
| $100 | 1 in 5,361 | 51 | 13 | 25% |
| $100 | 1 in 3,505 | 78 | 24 | 31% |
| $100 | 1 in 2,187 | 125 | 26 | 21% |
| $100 | 1 in 5,361 | 51 | 16 | 31% |
| $100 | 1 in 5,258 | 52 | 7 | 13% |
| $50 | 1 in 540 | 506 | 129 | 25% |
| $50 | 1 in 235 | 1,165 | 303 | 26% |
| $50 | 1 in 233 | 1,172 | 335 | 29% |
| $50 | 1 in 237 | 1,152 | 286 | 25% |
| $20 | 1 in 200 | 1,368 | 395 | 29% |
| $20 | 1 in 133 | 2,050 | 536 | 26% |
| $20 | 1 in 80 | 3,417 | 917 | 27% |
| $20 | 1 in 100 | 2,734 | 743 | 27% |
| $10 | 1 in 25 | 10,936 | 3,179 | 29% |
| $10 | 1 in 17 | 16,404 | 4,453 | 27% |
| $5 | 1 in 9 | 30,074 | 9,022 | 30% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on May 4, 3 $5,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on October 19.
- October 19, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- July 21, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- July 16, 20261 claimed · 3 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 3 times the average for Rhode Island's $5 games (0.6% 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
- Rhode Island
- Game Number
- 1497
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 5/2/2026
- Payout %
- 68.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in Rhode Island
All 27 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLIDAY WISHES | 87 | 1 in 3.49 | 70.1% | $1K · 3 | - |
| GHOSTBUSTERS JUMANJI | 69 | 1 in 3.84 | 70.1% | $25K · 3 | 2.7% |
| ACES HIGH | 60 | 1 in 3.87 | 68.5% | $30K · 2 | 1.2% |
| RI 250 | 60 | 1 in 3.67 | 75.2% | $18K · 0 | 0.6% |
| HOLIDAY WINNINGS | 57 | 1 in 3.49 | 70.1% | $1K · 1 | 0.0% |
| 50X THE MONEY | 49 | 1 in 3.79 | 68.1% | $40K · 3 | 0.3% |
| SUPER CROSSWORD | 49 | 1 in 3.81 | 68.7% | $50K · 3 | 0.3% |
| PATRIOTS | 47 | 1 in 4.01 | 68.0% | $50K · 2 | 1.4% |
| 5 HOLIDAY TRADITIONS | 47 | 1 in 3.58 | 70.1% | $30K · 0 | 0.0% |
| RED HOT CASH (this game) | 32 | 1 in 3.82 | 68.0% | $5K · 1 | 2.0% |
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.