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Decent valueActive$1,000,000 Holiday Wish · $20 · Ohio Lottery
$1,000,000 Holiday Wish: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.63 on average.
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#6 of 13 · $20 OH gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#6 of 13 · $20 OH gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
$1,000,000 Holiday Wish is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.2%, up 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 77.4%. 1 of the original 4 $40K/YR FOR 25 YRS top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 3.0M printed tickets have been sold.
78.2%
expected return
1 in 3.5
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
83%
claimed · 2.5M of 3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 172,843 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $20
$50 or $100, an actual profit
19 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 169 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.63 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.64 · 68.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.31 · 1.6% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.67 · 8.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.8%
Just 1 ticket out of 511k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
172,682 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
3M
tickets printed
2.5M
tickets claimed · 83%
511k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
17%
25% of top prizes remain with only 17% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Ohio Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 OH peers
#6 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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