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Kentucky · $20 ticket · #997

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Updated today

Better value now than when this game launched: more prize money is left than usual for how many tickets have sold. A $20 ticket returns about 83¢ on average.

Rides on the top prize

Pays back per $1 83¢ about 74¢ when the game launched Most of that comes from the 2 unclaimed $1,000,000 top prizes. Without them, the rest of the prizes pay back about 61¢ per $1.
Top prize $1,000,000 2 of 4 still unclaimed
How far along 74% about 74% of tickets already sold · roughly 307,981 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 3.14 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

PrizeStill unclaimedOriginally printed
$670,000 2 4
$5,000 14 60
$1,000 82 300
$500 544 2,230
$250 1,278 5,100
$100 7,204 29,000
$50 8,840 35,000
$30 7,718 30,000
$25 40,986 160,000
$20 30,965 120,000
The full numbers
Expected value, current
0.8314 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch
0.7351 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published
1 in 3.14
Estimated tickets printed
1,198,519
Estimated tickets remaining
307,981
Estimated fraction sold
0.7430
Game number
#997

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

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