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Poor valueActiveCashword Multiplier · $2 · Ohio Lottery
Cashword Multiplier: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.17 on average.
▼ -8.5 pts vs launch#12 of 18 · $2 OH gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▼ -8.5 pts vs launch#12 of 18 · $2 OH gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
Cashword Multiplier is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.5%, down 8.5 percentage points from the launch value of 67.0%. 0 of the original 10 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
58.5%
expected return
1 in 4.5
odds of any win
0 of 10
$10K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 5.1M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 221,947 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 36,053 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.17 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.17 · 58.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.00 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
221,943 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2025.
6M
tickets printed
5.1M
tickets claimed · 85%
901k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
15%
0% of top prizes remain with 15% 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
#12 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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