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Weak valueActiveElectric 8s · $1 · Ohio Lottery
Electric 8s: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.62 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#1 of 8 · $1 OH games
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#1 of 8 · $1 OH games
Electric 8s is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.0%. 11 of the original 31 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 7.0M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 4.76
odds of any win
11 of 31
$500 top prizes left
61%
claimed · 4.3M of 7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 610,566 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 248,888 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.62 · 62.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
610,566 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
7M
tickets printed
4.3M
tickets claimed · 61%
2.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
35%
Tickets left
39%
35% of top prizes remain with 39% 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 $1 OH peers
#1 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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