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Weak valueActiveCrazy Cash · $1 · Ohio Lottery
Crazy Cash: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.62 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $1 OH gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:41 PM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $1 OH gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:41 PM
Crazy Cash is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 38 of the original 40 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 5% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 4.74
odds of any win
38 of 40
$1K top prizes left
5%
claimed · 318k of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,233,775 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 149,539 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.61 · 61.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.01 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
1,233,737 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
5% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
6M
tickets printed
318k
tickets claimed · 5%
5.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
95%
Tickets left
95%
95% of top prizes remain with only 95% 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 $1 OH peers
#2 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:41 PM.
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