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Average valueActive5 Times Lucky · $5 · Ohio Lottery
5 Times Lucky: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.43 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $5 OH games
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $5 OH games
5 Times Lucky is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.6%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.8%. 2 of the original 4 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
68.6%
expected return
1 in 4.16
odds of any win
2 of 4
$250K top prizes left
35%
claimed · 1.7M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 805,804 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 21,941 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.43 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.25 · 64.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.18 · 3.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
805,765 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
5M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 35%
3.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
65%
50% of top prizes remain with 65% 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
#5 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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