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Poor valueActiveHot 7s · $1 · Ohio Lottery
Hot 7s: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.44 on average.
▼ -17.0 pts vs launch#8 of 8 · $1 OH games
▼ -17.0 pts vs launch#8 of 8 · $1 OH games
Hot 7s is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 44.0%, down 17.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 5 of the original 98 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 10.0M printed tickets have been sold.
44.0%
expected return
1 in 4.64
odds of any win
5 of 98
$500 top prizes left
83%
claimed · 8.3M of 10M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 308,428 winning tickets still unclaimed.
8 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
81 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 331,931 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.44 · 44.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
308,428 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
10M
tickets printed
8.3M
tickets claimed · 83%
1.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
5%
Tickets left
17%
5% of top prizes remain with 17% 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
#8 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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