Kaboom — $5 New Hampshire scratch-off ticket
NH · #1709 · $5

Kaboom

New Hampshire· Launched Sep 2026· 52 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.65

USA percentile

41th

of 2,154 games

Top prizes left

2

$100,000 tier

% sold-through

26%

2026-10-25

Forecast sellout

~163d

P10–P90: 114–228d

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Kaboom is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Hampshire lottery (game #1709). It launched in September 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $100,000 remain unclaimed, with roughly 26% of tickets sold, as published by the New Hampshire lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.48. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 9 of 14 $5 games on sale in New Hampshire.

THE THESIS

At 0.65 EV/$, this game ranks 9 of 14 same-price games on sale in New Hampshire (median 0.66).

  1. 1.50% of $100,000 prizes still unclaimed at 26% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 45.33% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~163 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 41st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
About this game ↓

Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$100K
2/4
50%
$1K
37/52
$500
161/223
$100
2.0K/2.8K
$50
5.9K/8.0K
$20
13.0K/17.7K
$10
71.8K/97.4K
$5
65.9K/88.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $2.12M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,154 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active NH games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
NH median0.63 EV/$
YOU · 41th
USA: 41th percentileNH: 62th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Sep 1Sep 7Sep 13Sep 19Sep 25Oct 1Oct 7Oct 13Oct 19Apr 60%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~04-06

Daily drainage

~45.33% / day

Days left (P50)

163 days

P10 / P90 range

114–228 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.65

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +27%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 27% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.

Price vs EV — NH field

71 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.300.601.01break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

No other active NH 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

Kaboom: prizes, value and pace

As of October 25, 2026, 2 of the 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 8 prize levels the lottery reports, 158,814 of 214,693 prizes (74%) remain.

At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.24 on average (0.65 per dollar), which ranks 9 of 14 $5 games on sale in New Hampshire, below the $5 median of 0.66. Among every New Hampshire game with a computable value it is 25 of 65; nationally it sits in the 41th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.

Over the last 30 days, 32,877 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 1 top prize; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 163 days (likely range 114–228).

Figures come from the prize data the New Hampshire 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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