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Poor valueActiveCash Explosion 25X · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Cash Explosion 25X: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $1.07 on average.
▼ -32.4 pts vs launch#18 of 20 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
▼ -32.4 pts vs launch#18 of 20 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
Cash Explosion 25X is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 21.4%, down 32.4 percentage points from the launch value of 53.8%. 2 of the original 10 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 8.0M printed tickets have been sold.
21.4%
expected return
1 in 3.77
odds of any win
2 of 10
$150K top prizes left
90%
claimed · 7.2M of 8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 874,988 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
97 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 2,621 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.07 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $500
$0.94 · 18.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.13 · 2.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $500 wins
874,955 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
8M
tickets printed
7.2M
tickets claimed · 90%
771k
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
10%
20% of top prizes remain with only 10% 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
#18 of 20
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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