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Average valueActive5 Times Lucky · $5 · Ohio Lottery
5 Times Lucky: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.50 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 15 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:41 PM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 15 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:41 PM
5 Times Lucky is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.0%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.8%. 4 of the original 4 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 5% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
70.0%
expected return
1 in 4.16
odds of any win
4 of 4
$250K top prizes left
5%
claimed · 267k of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,157,777 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 21,713 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.26 · 65.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.24 · 4.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,157,722 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
5% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
5M
tickets printed
267k
tickets claimed · 5%
4.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
95%
100% of top prizes remain with only 95% 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 $5 OH peers
#3 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:41 PM.
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