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Poor valueActiveHoliday Cash Vault · $10 · Ohio Lottery
Holiday Cash Vault: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $5.85 on average.
▼ -14.6 pts vs launch#20 of 20 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▼ -14.6 pts vs launch#20 of 20 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
Holiday Cash Vault is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.5%, down 14.6 percentage points from the launch value of 73.1%. 0 of the original 6 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
58.5%
expected return
1 in 3.5
odds of any win
0 of 6
$500K top prizes left
93%
claimed · 4.6M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 115,294 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $10
$20 or $50 or $100, an actual profit
21 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,689 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $5.85 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$5.68 · 56.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.17 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
115,265 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
5M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 93%
371k
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
7%
0% of top prizes remain with 7% 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
#20 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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