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Weak valueActiveAces And 8s · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Aces And 8s: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.33 on average.
▼ -3.4 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $5 OH games
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▼ -3.4 pts vs launch#5 of 14 · $5 OH games
Aces And 8s is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.6%, down 3.4 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 1 of the original 8 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
66.6%
expected return
1 in 3.98
odds of any win
1 of 8
$150K top prizes left
77%
claimed · 4.6M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 361,852 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,264 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.33 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.17 · 63.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.16 · 3.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
361,810 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
6M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 77%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
13%
Tickets left
23%
13% of top prizes remain with 23% 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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