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Strong valueActiveFeeling Lucky · $10 · Ohio Lottery
Feeling Lucky: Strong value. A $10 ticket pays back $8.19 on average.
▲ +9.1 pts vs launch#4 of 20 · $10 OH games
▲ +9.1 pts vs launch#4 of 20 · $10 OH games
Feeling Lucky is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.9%, up 9.1 percentage points from the launch value of 72.8%. 2 of the original 10 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 96% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
81.9%
expected return
1 in 3.83
odds of any win
2 of 10
$300K top prizes left
96%
claimed · 4.8M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 83,548 winning tickets still unclaimed.
28 win more than $10
$15 – $250, an actual profit
19 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
53 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,667 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $8.19 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.21 · 62.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $300K
$1.98 · 19.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
83,535 winning tickets remain in this range: 76% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
96% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2025.
5M
tickets printed
4.8M
tickets claimed · 96%
176k
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
4%
20% of top prizes remain with only 4% 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
#4 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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