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Average valueActiveGold Rush · $10 · Ohio Lottery
Gold Rush: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.33 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#11 of 20 · $10 OH games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#11 of 20 · $10 OH games
Gold Rush is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.3%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 73.1%. 2 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 43% of the 3.0M printed tickets have been sold.
73.3%
expected return
1 in 3.78
odds of any win
2 of 3
$500K top prizes left
43%
claimed · 1.3M of 3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 475,931 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 550 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.33 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.42 · 64.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.91 · 9.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
475,757 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
43% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
3M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 43%
1.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
57%
67% of top prizes remain with only 57% 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
#11 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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