Ohio Lottery launches six new holiday scratch-offs with prizes up to $2 million

The Ohio Lottery put six holiday scratch-offs on sale Tuesday, October 13, at $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, and $30. The surprise is at the bottom. The $1 Holiday Cash returns 75.0% of sales as prizes, more than any other $1 ticket in Ohio and about 12.6 points above the average of the state's other $1 games. 

Merry Money Match ($30)

The priciest of the six has two top prizes of $80,000 a year for 25 years, billed as $2 million, with a cash option of about $1 million, according to the game's operating procedure. In 1.4 million tickets, that is about 1 in 700,000. A 200X symbol multiplies a player's number-match winnings by 200. It accounts for six of the eight $10,000 prizes and two of the six $50,000 prizes. Counting the top prizes at cash, the game returns about 79.8%, close to the 79.7% to 82.8% range of Ohio's other $30 tickets. The lottery hasn't posted its prizes-remaining count yet, so it currently has no ValueScore™.

$1,000,000 Merry Multiplier ($20)

Three top prizes of $40,000 a year for 25 years sit in about 2.66 million tickets, about 1 in 888,000. The game's 74.8% payout is fourth of Ohio's nine $20 games, but with every top prize left it rates 92.6, first among them. Ultimate Triple 777, a September $20 launch, has two of its three $1 million prizes left.

Holiday 50X the Money ($10)

The $10 game has four $500,000 top prizes, about 1 in 1.29 million, plus 14 of $20,000. Its 72.8% payout trails most of Ohio's 21 active $10 tickets, but it leads them on ValueScore™ at 81.4 because nothing big has been claimed.

Holiday Lucky Times 10 ($5)

Six top prizes of $100,000, about 1 in 1.26 million, and 28 of $10,000. It returns 71.0%, third of Ohio's 14 $5 games, and rates first at 71.9.

Sweet Riches ($2)

The $2 game tops out at $10,000, six of them, and returns 72.1%, the best of Ohio's 14 $2 tickets. The other 13 average 66.2%. One of its 16 prizes of $1,000 has already been claimed.

Holiday Cash ($1)

Holiday Cash is a big print, about 14.6 million tickets, and its top prize is only $500. What lifts the payout is the bottom of the table. The lottery's operating procedure lists 1.5 million $1 prizes per 15 million tickets, all paid in cash, plus 1.425 million $2 prizes. Ohio's other $1 games with full prize data average 62.4%, and the next best, Electric 8s, returns 66.1%. Ohio's September launches and the state's best-paying games are covered separately.

Sources

Ohio Lottery: Merry Money Match (1111)

Ohio Lottery: Operating Procedure 1111, Merry Money Match

Ohio Lottery: Operating Procedure 1106, Holiday Cash