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Strong valueActiveRoyal Riches · $30 · Ohio Lottery
Royal Riches: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $25.77 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $30 OH gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $30 OH gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM
Royal Riches is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 85.9%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 85.7%. 4 of the original 8 $80K/YR FOR 25 YRS top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 52% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
85.9%
expected return
1 in 3.95
odds of any win
4 of 8
$2M jackpots left
52%
claimed · 2.1M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 508,940 winning tickets still unclaimed.
26 win more than $30
$60 or $100 or $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 537 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $25.77 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $60 – $300
$19.21 · 64.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$2.58 · 8.6% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$3.98 · 13.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.6%
Just 4 tickets out of 1.9M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$60 – $300 wins
505,373 winning tickets remain in this range: 75% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
52% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
4M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 52%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
48%
50% of top prizes remain with only 48% 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 $30 OH peers
#1 of 5
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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