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Decent valueActiveLucky No. 7 · $10 · Ohio Lottery
Lucky No. 7: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.55 on average.
▲ +2.7 pts vs launch#6 of 20 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM
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▲ +2.7 pts vs launch#6 of 20 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM
Lucky No. 7 is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.5%, up 2.7 percentage points from the launch value of 72.8%. 1 of the original 4 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 88% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
75.5%
expected return
1 in 3.54
odds of any win
1 of 4
$500K top prizes left
88%
claimed · 4.2M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 197,452 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
65 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,069 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $700
$6.64 · 66.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.91 · 9.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $700 wins
197,358 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
88% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
4.8M
tickets printed
4.2M
tickets claimed · 88%
561k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
12%
25% of top prizes remain with only 12% 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
#6 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM.
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