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Strong valueActiveSet For Life · $10 · Ohio Lottery
Set For Life: Strong value. A $10 ticket pays back $8.60 on average.
▲ +9.4 pts vs launch#2 of 21 · $10 OH games
▲ +9.4 pts vs launch#2 of 21 · $10 OH games
Set For Life is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 86.0%, up 9.4 percentage points from the launch value of 76.6%. 1 of the original 2 $2,400,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
86.0%
expected return
1 in 3.63
odds of any win
1 of 2
$2.4M jackpots left
79%
claimed · 4.8M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 381,325 winning tickets still unclaimed.
30 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,170 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $8.60 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$6.75 · 67.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.11 · 1.1% of price
Jackpots $2.4M+
$1.73 · 17.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.7%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.2M carry the $2.4M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
381,290 winning tickets remain in this range: 79% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
6M
tickets printed
4.8M
tickets claimed · 79%
1.2M
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
21%
50% of top prizes remain with only 21% 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 $10 OH peers
#2 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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