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Weak valueActiveMagic 8 Ball · $2 · Ohio Lottery
Magic 8 Ball: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.26 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#8 of 12 · $2 OH games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#8 of 12 · $2 OH games
Magic 8 Ball is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 6 of the original 8 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 21% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 4.62
odds of any win
6 of 8
$10K top prizes left
21%
claimed · 1.1M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 818,654 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 15,801 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.24 · 62.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.02 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
818,638 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
21% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
5M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 21%
3.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
79%
75% of top prizes remain with 79% 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 $2 OH peers
#8 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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