
Kentucky· Launched Sep 2026· 45 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.71
USA percentile
68th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
2
$200,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.
$200,000 Wild Cherries is a $10 scratch-off game from the Kentucky lottery (game #158). It launched in September 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $200,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the Kentucky lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.72. Our models put its expected value at 0.71 per dollar, returning about $0.71 per dollar on average at current prize levels.
THE THESIS
At 0.71 EV/$, this game returns about $0.71 for every $1 spent at current prize levels.
Total unclaimed prize value: $12.76M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active KY games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Trailing 7-day claim rate 21% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
No other active KY games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
As of October 25, 2026, 2 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed.
At current prize levels a $10 ticket returns about $7.1 on average (0.71 per dollar). Among every Kentucky game with a computable value it is 6 of 12; nationally it sits in the 68th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 103,532 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 1 top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the Kentucky lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 25, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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