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Poor valueActiveNational Lampoon's Christmas · $2 · Ohio Lottery
National Lampoon's Christmas: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.19 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#11 of 18 · $2 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
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▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#11 of 18 · $2 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
National Lampoon's Christmas is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.5%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 2 of the original 10 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
59.5%
expected return
1 in 4.50
odds of any win
2 of 10
$10K top prizes left
87%
claimed · 3.5M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 294,663 winning tickets still unclaimed.
35 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
22 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
43 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 36,604 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.19 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.17 · 58.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.02 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
294,649 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
4M
tickets printed
3.5M
tickets claimed · 87%
512k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
13%
20% of top prizes remain with only 13% 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 $2 OH peers
#11 of 18
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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