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Decent valueActive$1,000,000 Cashword · $20 · Ohio Lottery
$1,000,000 Cashword: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.66 on average.
▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#5 of 7 · $20 OH games
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▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#5 of 7 · $20 OH games
$1,000,000 Cashword is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.3%, up 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 76.9%. 2 of the original 4 $40K/YR FOR 25 YRS top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 66% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
78.3%
expected return
1 in 3.18
odds of any win
2 of 4
$1M jackpots left
66%
claimed · 2.7M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 421,403 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $20
$25 – $400, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 534 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.66 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $750
$14.06 · 70.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.11 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.49 · 7.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.8%
Just 2 tickets out of 1.3M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $750 wins
421,350 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
66% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
4M
tickets printed
2.7M
tickets claimed · 66%
1.3M
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
34%
50% of top prizes remain with only 34% 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
#5 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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