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Weak valueActiveHoliday Gifts · $2 · Ohio Lottery
Holiday Gifts: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.34 on average.
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#1 of 18 · $2 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
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▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#1 of 18 · $2 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
Holiday Gifts is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.0%, down 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 72.0%. 4 of the original 14 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 6.8M printed tickets have been sold.
67.0%
expected return
1 in 3.78
odds of any win
4 of 14
$5K top prizes left
77%
claimed · 5.2M of 6.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 438,417 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $2
$5 – $300, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 11,652 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $750
$1.32 · 66.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.02 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $750 wins
438,405 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
6.8M
tickets printed
5.2M
tickets claimed · 77%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
29%
Tickets left
23%
29% of top prizes remain with only 23% 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
#1 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM.
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