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Decent valueActive$2,000,000 ULTIMATE · $30 · Indiana Lottery
$2,000,000 ULTIMATE: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.85 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $30 IN games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $30 IN games
$2,000,000 ULTIMATE is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Indiana state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.2%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 76.6%. 1 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 65% of the 3.9M printed tickets have been sold.
76.2%
expected return
1 in 3.43
odds of any win
1 of 3
$2M jackpots left
65%
claimed · 2.6M of 3.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 401,663 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $30
$50 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 125 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.85 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$21.04 · 70.1% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.36 · 1.2% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.45 · 4.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.3%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.4M 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
401,624 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
65% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2025.
3.9M
tickets printed
2.6M
tickets claimed · 65%
1.4M
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
35%
33% of top prizes remain with 35% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Indiana Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $30 IN peers
#1 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Indiana Lottery published claim data.
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