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Strong valueActiveSet For Life · $1 · Ohio Lottery
Set For Life: Strong value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.80 on average.
▲ +16.0 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $1 OH gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM
▲ +16.0 pts vs launch#1 of 11 · $1 OH gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM
Set For Life is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.0%, up 16.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 2 of the original 2 $365,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 65% of the 7.0M printed tickets have been sold.
80.0%
expected return
1 in 4.74
odds of any win
2 of 2
$365K top prizes left
65%
claimed · 4.6M of 7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 536,014 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,209,682 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.80 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.51 · 51.2% of price
Mid prizes $365K
$0.29 · 28.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
536,012 winning tickets remain in this range: 64% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
65% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
7M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 65%
2.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
35%
100% of top prizes remain with only 35% 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 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM.
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