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Weak valueActiveJackpot Party · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Jackpot Party: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.28 on average.
▼ -3.8 pts vs launch#10 of 14 · $5 OH games
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▼ -3.8 pts vs launch#10 of 14 · $5 OH games
Jackpot Party is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.6%, down 3.8 percentage points from the launch value of 69.4%. 2 of the original 8 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 74% of the 6.8M printed tickets have been sold.
65.6%
expected return
1 in 4.18
odds of any win
2 of 8
$250K top prizes left
74%
claimed · 5M of 6.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 402,237 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,979 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.86 · 57.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.42 · 8.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
402,110 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
74% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
6.8M
tickets printed
5M
tickets claimed · 74%
1.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
26%
25% of top prizes remain with 26% 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 $5 OH peers
#10 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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