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Average valueActiveInstant Jackpot · $10 · Ohio Lottery
Instant Jackpot: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.29 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#12 of 21 · $10 OH games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#12 of 21 · $10 OH games
Instant Jackpot is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.9%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 74.9%. 2 of the original 5 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 38% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
72.9%
expected return
1 in 3.87
odds of any win
2 of 5
$500K top prizes left
38%
claimed · 1.8M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 782,431 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $10
$20 – $250, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 299 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.45 · 64.5% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $500K
$0.84 · 8.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
782,345 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
38% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
4.8M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 38%
3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
62%
40% of top prizes remain with 62% 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
#12 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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