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Decent valueActiveGold Rush · $10 · Ohio Lottery
Gold Rush: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.61 on average.
▲ +3.0 pts vs launch#5 of 21 · $10 OH games
▲ +3.0 pts vs launch#5 of 21 · $10 OH games
Gold Rush is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.1%, up 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 73.1%. 2 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 64% of the 3.0M printed tickets have been sold.
76.1%
expected return
1 in 3.78
odds of any win
2 of 3
$500K top prizes left
64%
claimed · 1.9M of 3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 308,559 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 542 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.40 · 64.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$1.21 · 12.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
308,444 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
64% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
3M
tickets printed
1.9M
tickets claimed · 64%
1.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
36%
67% of top prizes remain with only 36% 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
#5 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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