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Weak valueActiveQueen of Hearts · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Queen of Hearts: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.38 on average.
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:42 AM
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:42 AM
Queen of Hearts is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.6%, down 2.6 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 0 of the original 6 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 89% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
67.6%
expected return
1 in 4.20
odds of any win
0 of 6
$75K top prizes left
89%
claimed · 5.4M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 189,414 winning tickets still unclaimed.
29 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,559 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.38 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.35 · 67.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $75K
$0.03 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
189,410 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
89% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2025.
6M
tickets printed
5.4M
tickets claimed · 89%
643k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
11%
0% of top prizes remain with 11% 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
#9 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:42 AM.
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