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Decent valueActive$2,000,000 Cashword · $30 · Ohio Lottery
$2,000,000 Cashword: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.87 on average.
▼ -2.7 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $30 OH games
▼ -2.7 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $30 OH games
$2,000,000 Cashword is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.6%, down 2.7 percentage points from the launch value of 82.3%. 1 of the original 4 $80K/YR FOR 25 YRS top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 69% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
79.6%
expected return
1 in 3.37
odds of any win
1 of 4
$2M jackpots left
69%
claimed · 2.8M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 400,859 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $30
$50 – $400, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,158 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.87 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $750
$21.79 · 72.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.60 · 2.0% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.48 · 4.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.6%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.2M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $750 wins
400,739 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
69% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
4M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 69%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
31%
25% of top prizes remain with 31% 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 $30 OH peers
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Royal Riches
86.3%
2
$300,000,000 Extreme Cash
85.8%
3
Monopoly 200X
85.6%
4
Wild Cash Tripler
85.5%
5
$2,000,000 Cashword
79.6%
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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