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Poor valueActiveCash Explosion 25X · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Cash Explosion 25X: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $0.71 on average.
▼ -39.6 pts vs launch#12 of 14 · $5 OH games
▼ -39.6 pts vs launch#12 of 14 · $5 OH games
Cash Explosion 25X is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 14.2%, down 39.6 percentage points from the launch value of 53.8%. 2 of the original 10 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 96% of the 8.0M printed tickets have been sold.
14.2%
expected return
1 in 3.77
odds of any win
2 of 10
$150K top prizes left
96%
claimed · 7.7M of 8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 745,313 winning tickets still unclaimed.
25 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
240 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
0 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,218 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.71 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $500
$0.59 · 11.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.12 · 2.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $500 wins
745,297 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
96% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
8M
tickets printed
7.7M
tickets claimed · 96%
282k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
4%
20% of top prizes remain with only 4% 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
#12 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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