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Strong valueActiveSet For Life · $10 · Ohio Lottery
Set For Life: Strong value. A $10 ticket pays back $8.15 on average.
▲ +4.9 pts vs launch#3 of 20 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM
▲ +4.9 pts vs launch#3 of 20 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:40 PM
Set For Life is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.5%, up 4.9 percentage points from the launch value of 76.6%. 1 of the original 2 $2,400,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
81.5%
expected return
1 in 3.63
odds of any win
1 of 2
$2.4M jackpots left
72%
claimed · 4.3M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 506,262 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 1,231 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $8.15 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
$0.10 · 1.0% of price
Jackpots $2.4M+
$1.31 · 13.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.4%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.7M 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
506,217 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
6M
tickets printed
4.3M
tickets claimed · 72%
1.7M
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
28%
50% of top prizes remain with only 28% 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
#3 of 20
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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