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Poor valueActiveSet For Life · $1 · Ohio Lottery
Set For Life: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.49 on average.
▼ -15.0 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $1 OH games
▼ -15.0 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $1 OH games
Set For Life is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 49.0%, down 15.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 0 of the original 2 $365,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 80% of the 7.0M printed tickets have been sold.
49.0%
expected return
1 in 4.74
odds of any win
0 of 2
$365K top prizes left
80%
claimed · 5.6M of 7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 324,480 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Value map
Where the $0.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.49 · 49.0% of price
Mid prizes $365K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
324,480 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
80% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
7M
tickets printed
5.6M
tickets claimed · 80%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
20%
0% of top prizes remain with 20% 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
#7 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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