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Strong valueActive$300,000,000 Extreme Cash · $30 · Ohio Lottery
$300,000,000 Extreme Cash: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $25.75 on average.
▲ +1.3 pts vs launch#2 of 5 · $30 OH gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM
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▲ +1.3 pts vs launch#2 of 5 · $30 OH gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM
$300,000,000 Extreme Cash is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 85.8%, up 1.3 percentage points from the launch value of 84.6%. 6 of the original 8 $200K/YR FOR 25 YRS top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 34% of the 13.0M printed tickets have been sold.
85.8%
expected return
1 in 3.40
odds of any win
6 of 8
$5M jackpots left
34%
claimed · 4.4M of 13M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,583,341 winning tickets still unclaimed.
29 win more than $30
$50 or $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 109 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $25.75 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$20.20 · 67.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$2.13 · 7.1% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$3.42 · 11.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.4%
Just 6 tickets out of 8.6M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
2,569,136 winning tickets remain in this range: 78% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
34% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2023.
13M
tickets printed
4.4M
tickets claimed · 34%
8.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
66%
75% of top prizes remain with only 66% 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
#2 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Royal Riches
85.9%
2
$300,000,000 Extreme Cash
85.8%
3
Monopoly 200X
85.1%
4
Wild Cash Tripler
83.9%
5
$2,000,000 Cashword
78.9%
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM.
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