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Strong valueActiveFeeling Lucky · $10 · Ohio Lottery
Feeling Lucky: Strong value. A $10 ticket pays back $8.45 on average.
▲ +11.7 pts vs launch#2 of 21 · $10 OH games
▲ +11.7 pts vs launch#2 of 21 · $10 OH games
Feeling Lucky is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 84.5%, up 11.7 percentage points from the launch value of 72.8%. 2 of the original 10 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 97% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
84.5%
expected return
1 in 3.83
odds of any win
2 of 10
$300K top prizes left
97%
claimed · 4.9M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 70,731 winning tickets still unclaimed.
33 win more than $10
$15 – $250, an actual profit
23 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
44 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,395 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $8.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.13 · 61.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $300K
$2.32 · 23.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
70,721 winning tickets remain in this range: 73% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
97% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2025.
5M
tickets printed
4.9M
tickets claimed · 97%
127k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
3%
20% of top prizes remain with only 3% 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
#2 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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