Are the top prizes in RED HOT CASH still available?

2 of 4 top prizes worth $5,000 are still unclaimed.

What does a RED HOT CASH ticket pay back?

You get back about 67¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the Rhode Island Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

Rhode Island · $5 ticket · #1497

RED HOT CASH

Updated today

2 top prizes are still unclaimed at $5,000. A $5 ticket returns about 67¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 67¢ about 68¢ when the game launched

Top prize $5,000 2 of 4 still unclaimed

How far along 70% about 70% of tickets already sold · roughly 82,674 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 3.82 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$5,000	2	4
$2,000	3	6
$500	6	19
$200	50	174
$100	102	384
$50	1,107	3,995
$20	2,720	9,569
$10	7,967	27,340
$5	9,396	30,074

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6667 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.6801 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 3.82
Estimated tickets printed: 273,378
Estimated tickets remaining: 82,674
Estimated fraction sold: 0.6976
Game number: #1497

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

Source: the Rhode Island Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.