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Weak valueActiveGnomebody is Luckier · $2 · Ohio Lottery
Gnomebody is Luckier: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.28 on average.
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#6 of 12 · $2 OH games
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▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#6 of 12 · $2 OH games
Gnomebody is Luckier is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 2.5 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 1 of the original 5 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.11
odds of any win
1 of 5
$10K top prizes left
68%
claimed · 4.1M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 499,783 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 23,622 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.26 · 63.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.02 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
499,765 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
68% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
6M
tickets printed
4.1M
tickets claimed · 68%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
32%
20% of top prizes remain with 32% 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
#6 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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