KY · #153 · $5

$5 Set For Life

Kentucky· Launched Aug 2026· 25 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.70

USA percentile

65th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

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$520,000 tier

% sold-through

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2026-08-31

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.

$5 Set For Life is a $5 scratch-off game from the Kentucky (game #153). It launched in August 2026. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.14. Our models put its expected value at 0.70 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.70 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.70 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

1.Ranks in the 65th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.

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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining

$343K

3 left

$1K

139 left

$500

506 left

$200

1.7K left

$100

13.9K left

$50

31.0K left

$30

41.7K left

$20

166.8K left

$10

334.5K left

420.3K left

Total unclaimed prize value: $14.74M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 active games

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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$

YOU · 65th

USA: 65th percentileKY: 50th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection

Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers

30d ago15dlast 7d · -5%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — KY field

128 games · break-even highlighted

No other active KY games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

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.

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