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Strong valueActive$2,000,000 Cashword · $30 · Ohio Lottery
$2,000,000 Cashword: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.10 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $30 OH games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $30 OH games
$2,000,000 Cashword is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.3%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 82.3%. 1 of the original 4 $80K/YR FOR 25 YRS top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
80.3%
expected return
1 in 3.37
odds of any win
1 of 4
$2M jackpots left
76%
claimed · 3M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 324,716 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $30
$50 – $400, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,117 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.10 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $750
$21.70 · 72.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.57 · 1.9% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.83 · 6.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.2%
Just 1 ticket out of 979k carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $750 wins
324,622 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
76% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
4M
tickets printed
3M
tickets claimed · 76%
979k
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
24%
25% of top prizes remain with only 24% 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 $30 OH peers
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Royal Riches
86.7%
2
Wild Cash Tripler
86.2%
3
Monopoly 200X
86.2%
4
$300,000,000 Extreme Cash
85.8%
5
$2,000,000 Cashword
80.3%
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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