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Poor valueActiveCash Explosion 10X · $2 · Ohio Lottery
Cash Explosion 10X: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.18 on average.
▼ -35.0 pts vs launch#17 of 18 · $2 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
▼ -35.0 pts vs launch#17 of 18 · $2 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
Cash Explosion 10X is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 9.0%, down 35.0 percentage points from the launch value of 44.0%. 2 of the original 18 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 95% of the 10.0M printed tickets have been sold.
9.0%
expected return
1 in 4.19
odds of any win
2 of 18
$10K top prizes left
95%
claimed · 9.5M of 10M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,294,751 winning tickets still unclaimed.
21 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
238 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
0 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 49,945 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.18 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $100
$0.17 · 8.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.01 · 0.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $100 wins
1,294,741 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
95% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
10M
tickets printed
9.5M
tickets claimed · 95%
499k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
11%
Tickets left
5%
11% of top prizes remain with only 5% 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 $2 OH peers
#17 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM.
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