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Strong valueActiveRoyal Riches · $30 · Ohio Lottery
Royal Riches: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $25.98 on average.
▲ +0.9 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $30 OH games
▲ +0.9 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $30 OH games
Royal Riches is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 86.6%, up 0.9 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 55% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
86.6%
expected return
1 in 3.95
odds of any win
4 of 8
$2M jackpots left
55%
claimed · 2.2M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 479,902 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 535 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $25.98 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $60 – $300
$19.20 · 64.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$2.56 · 8.5% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$4.22 · 14.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.5%
Just 4 tickets out of 1.8M 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
476,535 winning tickets remain in this range: 74% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
55% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
4M
tickets printed
2.2M
tickets claimed · 55%
1.8M
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
45%
50% of top prizes remain with only 45% 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.
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