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Strong valueActiveSet For Life · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Set For Life: Strong value. A $5 ticket pays back $4.13 on average.
▲ +10.2 pts vs launch#1 of 20 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▲ +10.2 pts vs launch#1 of 20 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
Set For Life is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 82.6%, up 10.2 percentage points from the launch value of 72.4%. 1 of the original 2 $1,040,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
82.6%
expected return
1 in 4.4
odds of any win
1 of 2
$1.0M jackpots left
81%
claimed · 4M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 204,994 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,464 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $4.13 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$2.95 · 59.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.08 · 1.7% of price
Jackpots $1.0M+
$1.09 · 21.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
60.7%
Just 1 ticket out of 951k carry the $1.0M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
204,967 winning tickets remain in this range: 71% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
5M
tickets printed
4M
tickets claimed · 81%
951k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
19%
50% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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 $5 OH peers
#1 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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