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Average valueActiveSet For Life · $2 · Ohio Lottery
Set For Life: Average value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.41 on average.
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $2 OH games
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $2 OH games
Set For Life is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.5%, up 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.5%. 1 of the original 2 $730,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 64% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
70.5%
expected return
1 in 4.68
odds of any win
1 of 2
$730K top prizes left
64%
claimed · 3.8M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 501,079 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 74,824 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.41 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.09 · 54.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $730K
$0.32 · 16.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
501,050 winning tickets remain in this range: 77% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
64% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
6M
tickets printed
3.8M
tickets claimed · 64%
2.2M
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
36%
50% of top prizes remain with only 36% 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 $2 OH peers
#1 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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