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Poor valueActiveSet For Life · $5 · Ohio Lottery
Set For Life: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.76 on average.
▼ -17.2 pts vs launch#10 of 14 · $5 OH games
▼ -17.2 pts vs launch#10 of 14 · $5 OH games
Set For Life is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Ohio state lottery. Its current expected value is 55.2%, down 17.2 percentage points from the launch value of 72.4%. 0 of the original 2 $1,040,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
55.2%
expected return
1 in 4.44
odds of any win
0 of 2
$1.0M jackpots left
93%
claimed · 4.6M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 72,318 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,095 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.76 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$2.66 · 53.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.10 · 2.0% of price
Jackpots $1.0M+
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
55.2%
Just 0 tickets out of 362k 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
72,309 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
5M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 93%
362k
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
7%
0% of top prizes remain with 7% 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
#10 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Ohio Lottery published claim data.
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