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Weak valueActiveJackpot Party · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Jackpot Party: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.27 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $5 OH games
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▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $5 OH games
Jackpot Party is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.4%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.4%. 2 of the original 8 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 6.8M printed tickets have been sold.
65.4%
expected return
1 in 4.18
odds of any win
2 of 8
$250K top prizes left
71%
claimed · 4.8M of 6.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 451,505 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 3,969 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.88 · 57.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.39 · 7.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
451,361 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
6.8M
tickets printed
4.8M
tickets claimed · 71%
2M
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
29%
25% of top prizes remain with 29% 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
#8 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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