B
Decent valueActiveCash Plus · $10 · Ohio Lottery
Cash Plus: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.48 on average.
▲ +1.7 pts vs launch#7 of 20 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM
▲ +1.7 pts vs launch#7 of 20 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM
Cash Plus is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.8%, up 1.7 percentage points from the launch value of 73.1%. 2 of the original 4 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
74.8%
expected return
1 in 4.02
odds of any win
2 of 4
$300K top prizes left
79%
claimed · 4.7M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 359,714 winning tickets still unclaimed.
28 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,814 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.48 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$6.99 · 69.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $300K
$0.49 · 4.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
359,700 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
6M
tickets printed
4.7M
tickets claimed · 79%
1.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
21%
50% of top prizes remain with only 21% 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 $10 OH peers
#7 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM.
S
Scratchstats