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Strong valueActiveSet For Life · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Set For Life: Strong value. A $5 ticket pays back $4.39 on average.
▲ +15.4 pts vs launch#1 of 22 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:42 PM
▲ +15.4 pts vs launch#1 of 22 · $5 OH gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:42 PM
Set For Life is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 87.8%, up 15.4 percentage points from the launch value of 72.4%. 1 of the original 2 $1,040,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
87.8%
expected return
1 in 4.44
odds of any win
1 of 2
$1.0M jackpots left
85%
claimed · 4.3M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 159,145 winning tickets still unclaimed.
21 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,492 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $4.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$2.90 · 58.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.10 · 2.0% of price
Jackpots $1.0M+
$1.39 · 27.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
60.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 748k carry the $1.0M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
159,123 winning tickets remain in this range: 66% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
5M
tickets printed
4.3M
tickets claimed · 85%
748k
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
15%
50% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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 $5 OH peers
#1 of 22
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:42 PM.
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