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Exceptional valueActive$1,000,000 Cash Is King · $20 · Ohio Lottery
$1,000,000 Cash Is King: Exceptional value. A $20 ticket pays back $21.48 on average.
▲ +30.6 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $20 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
▲ +30.6 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $20 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
$1,000,000 Cash Is King is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 107.4%, up 30.6 percentage points from the launch value of 76.8%. 1 of the original 4 $40K/YR FOR 25 YRS top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 98% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
107.4%
expected return
1 in 3.21
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
98%
claimed · 3.9M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 41,568 winning tickets still unclaimed.
54 win more than $20
$30 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
46 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 538 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $21.48 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$13.98 · 69.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.01 · 0.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$7.50 · 37.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.9%
Just 1 ticket out of 76k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
41,566 winning tickets remain in this range: 65% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
98% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2024.
4M
tickets printed
3.9M
tickets claimed · 98%
76k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
2%
25% of top prizes remain with only 2% 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
#1 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM.
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