Chills & Bills
Kentucky· Launched Sep 2026· 45 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.69
USA percentile
59th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
2
$50,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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Chills & Bills is a $5 scratch-off game from the Kentucky lottery (game #159). It launched in September 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $50,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the Kentucky lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.71. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 4 of 4 $5 games on sale in Kentucky.
THE THESIS
At 0.69 EV/$, this game ranks 4 of 4 same-price games on sale in Kentucky (median 0.70).
- 1.Ranks in the 59th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
9 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $4.08M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,154 active gamesWhere 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.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 17% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — KY field
141 games · break-even highlightedNo 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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
Chills & Bills: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.45 on average (0.69 per dollar), which ranks 4 of 4 $5 games on sale in Kentucky, below the $5 median of 0.70. Among every Kentucky game with a computable value it is 9 of 12; nationally it sits in the 59th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 174,202 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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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a KY game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.