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Weak valueActiveLucky Streak · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Lucky Streak: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.34 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 14 · $5 OH games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 14 · $5 OH games
Lucky Streak is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.8%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 67.0%. 6 of the original 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 8% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
66.8%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
6 of 6
$100K top prizes left
8%
claimed · 471k of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,461,318 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,553 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.17 · 63.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.17 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,461,164 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
8% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
6M
tickets printed
471k
tickets claimed · 8%
5.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
92%
100% of top prizes remain with only 92% 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
#6 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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