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Ranked 74th of 75 Tickets in Rhode Island

WILD CHERRY CROSSWORDRhode Island Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Rhode Island Lottery
10
VALUESCORE
Poor
$2Rhode IslandGame #279GREEN
At a glance

WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD is a $2 ticket from the Rhode Island Lottery. The Rhode Island Lottery stops selling it on November 8, 2026. Its expected return of $0.64 per $1 sits $0.03 below the typical $2 ticket in Rhode Island. 53% of its winning tickets pay $2 or less, no more than the ticket cost. Only 15% of its prizes are still unclaimed.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.42
Exp. Value
$0.64
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$20,000
Top Prizes Left
0
Prizes Remaining
15%
ValueScore™
10 / 100
Poor

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.64
↓
POOR VALUE
Weak value right now at #74 of the 75 active games we track in Rhode Island. Check the higher-ranked games in Rhode Island first.
Why
↓At $0.64 returned per $1, this game pays back less than most scratch-offs.
  • Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
  • At 1 in 4.42, winning tickets turn up less often than usual.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$20,000
0 of 2 left
launch odds 1 in 983K
All claimed
$1,000
4 of 20 left
launch odds 1 in 98K
now ~1 in 76K
$100
17 of 177 left
launch odds 1 in 11K
now ~1 in 18K
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
$20,0001 in 983,40020Claimed
$1,0001 in 98,340204
20%
$1001 in 11,11217717
10%
$1001 in 11,43517216
9%
$1001 in 11,11217715
8%
$1001 in 11,17517619
11%
$501 in 6662,955297
10%
$501 in 6712,932316
11%
$501 in 6692,941249
8%
$501 in 6662,955278
9%
$201 in 3964,961520
10%
$201 in 2019,800987
10%
$201 in 3964,961484
10%
$101 in 10019,6142,236
11%
$101 in 2009,8141,145
12%
$101 in 2019,8001,128
12%
$41 in 14137,62219,811
14%
$21 in 8236,12441,142
17%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$2,528,806
Current Prize Pool
$314,138
Payout Percentage
12.4%
Total Prizes Remaining
68,664

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
1,966,800
Estimated Remaining
303,341
% Remaining
15.4%
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

No $20,000 top prizes have been left since March 6, when our records for it began.

10
0
March 6October 19

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Rhode Island's $2 games (0.8% 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

10
VALUESCORE
Poor
10
out of 100
Expected Value
2/40
Prize Quality
2/25
Win Frequency
2/20
Inventory Health
4/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
279
Ticket Price
$2
Start Date
8/6/2022
Payout %
64.3%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$2.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.42 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD scratch-off a good buy?
No. WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD scores 10/100 (Poor) and is 12th out of 12 $2 tickets in Rhode Island, among the weakest tickets in Rhode Island. It pays back about $0.64 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD are 1 in 4.42. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD?
The top prize for WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD is $20,000. All top prizes have already been claimed. This game no longer has a top prize available, so you may want to consider a different game.
How many prizes are left in WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD?
Based on our latest data, 15% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 68,664 out of 445,203 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $2 ticket in Rhode Island

All 12 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
HOLIDAY BUCKS761 in 3.8270.1%$500 · 6-
HIT $40521 in 3.9868.1%$40 · 1964.6%
TIS THE SEASON441 in 3.8270.1%$500 · 20.0%
CLASSIC BINGO341 in 3.9267.0%$25K · 10.4%
CROSSWORD! 39271 in 4.1467.0%$15K · 10.5%
COUNT UP CASH261 in 5.2158.0%$5K · 21.6%
SAPPHIRE BLUE 2X191 in 4.2167.1%$5K · 10.6%
DOUBLE HEADER161 in 3.8567.1%$5K · 00.0%
RHODE ISLAND LOTERIA (Game #1483)151 in 3.9667.0%$5K · 10.4%
WILD CHERRY CROSSWORD (this game)101 in 4.4264.3%$20K · 00.0%

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.