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Weak valueActiveSpecial Edition Cashword · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Special Edition Cashword: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.36 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#10 of 20 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:42 AM
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#10 of 20 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:42 AM
Special Edition Cashword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.2%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.2%. 2 of the original 6 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 10.0M printed tickets have been sold.
67.2%
expected return
1 in 4.11
odds of any win
2 of 6
$300K top prizes left
61%
claimed · 6.1M of 10M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,000,595 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,467 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.21 · 64.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $300K
$0.15 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,000,569 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
10M
tickets printed
6.1M
tickets claimed · 61%
3.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
39%
33% of top prizes remain with 39% 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
#10 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:42 AM.
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