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Weak valueActive$500,000 Cashword · $10 · Ohio Lottery
$500,000 Cashword: Weak value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.58 on average.
▼ -7.4 pts vs launch#18 of 21 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM
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▼ -7.4 pts vs launch#18 of 21 · $10 OH gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM
$500,000 Cashword is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.8%, down 7.4 percentage points from the launch value of 73.2%. 0 of the original 4 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
65.8%
expected return
1 in 3.69
odds of any win
0 of 4
$500K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 3.7M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 109,161 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
65 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,052 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.08 · 60.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.50 · 5.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
109,024 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
4M
tickets printed
3.7M
tickets claimed · 92%
310k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
8%
0% of top prizes remain with 8% 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 $10 OH peers
#18 of 21
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM.
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