KY · #136 · $5

King of Spades

Kentucky· Launched May 2026· 83 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.70

USA percentile

63th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

4408

$500 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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King of Spades is a $5 scratch-off game from the Kentucky (game #136). It launched in May 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 4408 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, as published by the Kentucky. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.11. 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. 1.Ranks in the 63rd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

7 tiers · % remaining
$500
4.4K left
$100
3.9K left
$40
30.3K left
$20
58.3K left
$15
58.4K left
$10
322.0K left
$5
235.4K left

Total unclaimed prize value: $10.25M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 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/$
KY median0.73 EV/$
YOU · 63th
USA: 63th percentileKY: 29th 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 · +11%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — KY field

123 games · break-even highlighted
$2$17$32$520.000.250.500.90YOU

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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