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Average valueActiveBonus Cash Wheel · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Bonus Cash Wheel: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.50 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#2 of 14 · $5 OH games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#2 of 14 · $5 OH games
Bonus Cash Wheel is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.0%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 3 of the original 4 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 27% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
70.0%
expected return
1 in 4.12
odds of any win
3 of 4
$150K top prizes left
27%
claimed · 1.6M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,107,454 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,640 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.38 · 67.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.12 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,107,420 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
27% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
6M
tickets printed
1.6M
tickets claimed · 27%
4.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
73%
75% of top prizes remain with only 73% 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
#2 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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