A father of nine won $50,000 on a Cashword ticket in Ohio

A Lorain County man has won $50,000 on the $2,000,000 Cashword scratch-off, an Ohio Lottery game that costs $30. According to the Ohio Lottery, his car broke down recently and he has been walking to work for the past two weeks. The walk took him past Daily Mart at 1442 Oberlin Ave. in Lorain, where he bought the ticket.

The father of nine told the lottery he feels the win was meant to happen, because if he had not been walking he would never have stopped at that store to buy the ticket in the first place.

He played the ticket as he walked down the street. He started with the Quick Win Bonus box and won $10,000, and said he could not believe what he was seeing. Three Bonus Words added another $30,000. Then he matched 12 words across the two puzzles for a final $10,000, bringing the ticket to $50,000. When he told his family, everyone started crying.

He plans to pay off his car after the repairs are complete and invest the rest.

One top prize is still out there

$2,000,000 Cashword went on sale October 1, 2025. The top prize is paid as an annuity of $80,000 a year for 25 years ($2 million), and the Ohio Lottery reported one top prize remaining as of August 27. Our data shows the same as of August 31, with the print run 68.1% sold. Overall odds are 1 in 3.37.

Ohio runs 65 scored scratch-offs in our database and they average 71.1% payout. This game pays back 79.7%, about $0.80 per dollar spent, and carries a ValueScore™ of 68. That makes it the second-best $30 game in Ohio behind Wild Cash Tripler, which scores 83.7 with an 82.8% payout. Current Ohio ValueScore™ rankings update daily.

The Ohio Lottery has contributed more than $35 billion to education since 1974.

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Ohio Lottery: Father of Nine Wins Big on Ohio Lottery Scratch-Off