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Poor valueActiveCash Explosion 25X · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Cash Explosion 25X: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $0.99 on average.
▼ -34.0 pts vs launch#20 of 22 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM
▼ -34.0 pts vs launch#20 of 22 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM
Cash Explosion 25X is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 19.8%, down 34.0 percentage points from the launch value of 53.8%. 2 of the original 10 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 8.0M printed tickets have been sold.
19.8%
expected return
1 in 3.77
odds of any win
2 of 10
$150K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 7.3M of 8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 843,714 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
112 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
0 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,632 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.99 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins - – $500
$0.86 · 17.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.13 · 2.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
- – $500 wins
843,687 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
8M
tickets printed
7.3M
tickets claimed · 92%
653k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
8%
20% of top prizes remain with only 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 $5 OH peers
#20 of 22
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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