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Exceptional valueActiveSpectacular Riches · $20 · Ohio Lottery
Spectacular Riches: Exceptional value. A $20 ticket pays back $17.65 on average.
▲ +8.0 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $20 OH games
▲ +8.0 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $20 OH games
Spectacular Riches is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 88.3%, up 8.0 percentage points from the launch value of 80.3%. 2 of the original 2 $80K/YR FOR 25 YRS top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 37% of the 1.4M printed tickets have been sold.
88.3%
expected return
1 in 3.48
odds of any win
2 of 2
$2M jackpots left
37%
claimed · 520k of 1.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 260,382 winning tickets still unclaimed.
30 win more than $20
$30 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,252 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $17.65 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$13.18 · 65.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.06 · 0.3% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$4.41 · 22.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
66.2%
Just 2 tickets out of 880k carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
260,364 winning tickets remain in this range: 75% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
37% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
1.4M
tickets printed
520k
tickets claimed · 37%
880k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
63%
100% of top prizes remain with only 63% 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 $20 OH peers
#2 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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