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Exceptional valueActive50th Anniversary · $50 · Ohio Lottery
50th Anniversary: Exceptional value. A $50 ticket pays back $57.77 on average.
▲ +28.5 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $50 OH games
▲ +28.5 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $50 OH games
50th Anniversary is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 115.5%, up 28.5 percentage points from the launch value of 87.1%. 2 of the original 3 $15000000 ($600K/YR/25YRS) top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 10.1M printed tickets have been sold.
115.5%
expected return
1 in 3.97
odds of any win
2 of 3
$15M jackpots left
85%
claimed · 8.6M of 10.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 418,611 winning tickets still unclaimed.
27 win more than $50
$100 or $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
73 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 $57.77 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $500
$34.01 · 68.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$3.91 · 7.8% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$19.86 · 39.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
75.8%
Just 5 tickets out of 1.5M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $500 wins
415,291 winning tickets remain in this range: 59% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2024.
10.1M
tickets printed
8.6M
tickets claimed · 85%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
15%
67% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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 $50 OH peers
#1 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
50th Anniversary
115.5%
2
Millionaire Blowout
91.1%
3
VIP Millions
90.8%
4
Billion
90.0%
5
Ultimate $5,000,000
83.9%
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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