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Poor valueActiveLuck of the Irish Tripler · $1 · Ohio Lottery
Luck of the Irish Tripler: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#5 of 10 · $1 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
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▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#5 of 10 · $1 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
Luck of the Irish Tripler is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 3 of the original 25 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 80% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.80
odds of any win
3 of 25
$1K top prizes left
80%
claimed · 4.8M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 277,470 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $150, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 407,293 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $150
$0.58 · 57.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $150 wins
277,467 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
80% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
6M
tickets printed
4.8M
tickets claimed · 80%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
12%
Tickets left
20%
12% of top prizes remain with 20% 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 $1 OH peers
#5 of 10
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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