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Poor valueActiveCash Explosion 25X · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Cash Explosion 25X: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.59 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $5 OH games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $5 OH games
Cash Explosion 25X is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 51.8%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 53.8%. 8 of the original 10 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 14% of the 8.0M printed tickets have been sold.
51.8%
expected return
1 in 3.77
odds of any win
8 of 10
$150K top prizes left
14%
claimed · 1.2M of 8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,517,699 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
24 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
63 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,663 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.59 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $500
$2.29 · 45.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.30 · 6.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $500 wins
2,517,383 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
14% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
8M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 14%
6.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
86%
80% of top prizes remain with 86% 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
#11 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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