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Average valueActiveBingo Times 25 · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Bingo Times 25: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.47 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $5 OH games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $5 OH games
Bingo Times 25 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.4%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 5 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 4% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
69.4%
expected return
1 in 3.52
odds of any win
5 of 6
$100K top prizes left
4%
claimed · 232k of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,663,894 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 11,606 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.47 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.31 · 66.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.16 · 3.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,663,860 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
4% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
6M
tickets printed
232k
tickets claimed · 4%
5.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
83%
Tickets left
96%
83% of top prizes remain with 96% 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 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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