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Average valueActive$500,000 Cashword · $10 · Ohio Lottery
$500,000 Cashword: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.33 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
$500,000 Cashword is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.3%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 73.2%. 4 of the original 4 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
73.3%
expected return
1 in 3.7
odds of any win
4 of 4
$500K top prizes left
2%
claimed · 74k of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,081,853 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,100 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.33 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.30 · 63.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$1.03 · 10.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,080,286 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
4M
tickets printed
74k
tickets claimed · 2%
3.9M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
98%
100% of top prizes remain with only 98% 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 $10 OH peers
#9 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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