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Average valueActiveSet For Life · $2 · Ohio Lottery
Set For Life: Average value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.38 on average.
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 12 · $2 OH games
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 12 · $2 OH games
Set For Life is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.0%, up 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 68.5%. 1 of the original 2 $730,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
69.0%
expected return
1 in 4.68
odds of any win
1 of 2
$730K top prizes left
60%
claimed · 3.6M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 548,504 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 79,728 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.38 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.08 · 54.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $730K
$0.30 · 14.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
548,474 winning tickets remain in this range: 79% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
6M
tickets printed
3.6M
tickets claimed · 60%
2.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
40%
50% of top prizes remain with only 40% 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
#1 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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