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Poor valueActiveCash Explosion Cashword · $2 · Ohio Lottery
Cash Explosion Cashword: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.86 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $2 OH games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $2 OH games
Cash Explosion Cashword is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 43.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 44.0%. 13 of the original 14 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
43.0%
expected return
1 in 4.22
odds of any win
13 of 14
$20K top prizes left
2%
claimed · 97k of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,138,840 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
22 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
63 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 55,171 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.86 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $500
$0.83 · 41.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.03 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $500 wins
2,138,797 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
6M
tickets printed
97k
tickets claimed · 2%
5.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
93%
Tickets left
98%
93% of top prizes remain with 98% 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
#11 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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