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Ranked 18th of 76 Tickets in Ohio

$1,000,000 CashwordOhio Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Ohio Lottery
65
VALUESCORE
Good
$20OhioGame #1056GREEN
At a glance

$1,000,000 Cashword is one of the Ohio Lottery's $20 games. The $1,000,000 top prize is an annuity: $40,000 a year for 25 years. At launch, about 1 in 222,182 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.18
Exp. Value
$0.75
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$1,000,000
$40,000 a year for 25 years
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
21%
ValueScore™
65 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.75
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
Above the pack: #18, ahead of roughly 78% of Ohio's 76 active games.
Why
↑You win something fairly often here, about 31% per ticket (1 in 3.18).
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.0M at launch, about 1 in 855K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $1,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • At $0.75 returned per $1 spent, this game pays back more than the typical scratch-off.
  • Most of this game's prizes are gone.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$1,000,000
$40,000 a year for 25 years
1 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 1.0M
now ~1 in 855K
$50,000
1 of 6 left
launch odds 1 in 667K
now ~1 in 855K
$10,000
1 of 8 left
launch odds 1 in 500K
now ~1 in 855K
$1,000
29 of 120 left
launch odds 1 in 33K
now ~1 in 29K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeTotalLeftStatus
$1,000,000
($40,000 a year for 25 years)
41
25%
$50,00061
17%
$10,00081
13%
$5,000204
20%
$1,00012029
24%
$7501,007209
21%
$5006,4711,298
20%
$40011,0792,260
20%
$30018,9983,905
21%
$25020,1094,066
20%
$15030,0056,183
21%
$10040,5238,323
21%
$5088,14818,607
21%
$4080,09516,609
21%
$25480,51999,762
21%
$20480,519107,709
22%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$61,536,605
Current Prize Pool
$13,009,440
Payout Percentage
21.1%
Total Prizes Remaining
268,967

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
3,999,267
Estimated Remaining
855,315
% Remaining
21.4%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since June 27, when our records for it began, 2 $1,000,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on October 10.

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3
2
1
June 27October 19
  • October 10, 20261 claimed · 1 left
  • August 1, 20261 claimed · 2 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.7% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Ohio's $20 games (2% a week).

From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.

ValueScore™ Breakdown

65
VALUESCORE
Good
65
out of 100
Expected Value
36/40
Prize Quality
6/25
Win Frequency
19/20
Inventory Health
4/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

State
Ohio
Game Number
1056
Ticket Price
$20
Start Date
11/10/2025
Payout %
74.9%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$20.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.18 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the $1,000,000 Cashword scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. $1,000,000 Cashword scores 65/100 (Good) and is 5th out of 9 $20 tickets in Ohio. It pays back about $0.75 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the $1,000,000 Cashword scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with $1,000,000 Cashword are 1 in 3.18. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for $1,000,000 Cashword?
The top prize for $1,000,000 Cashword is $1,000,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in $1,000,000 Cashword?
Based on our latest data, 21% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 268,967 out of 1,257,631 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $20 ticket in Ohio

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$1,000,000 Merry Multiplier921 in 3.3374.8%$1M · 3-
Ultimate Triple 777771 in 3.3674.8%$1M · 24.6%
$300 Million Diamond Dazzler771 in 3.3375.1%$2M · 50.7%
Spectacular Riches741 in 3.4874.7%$2M · 25.3%
$1,000,000 Cashword (this game)651 in 3.1874.9%$1M · 11.7%
$1,000,000 Cash Payout641 in 3.0575.2%$1M · 20.6%
$1,000,000 Stacked631 in 3.4874.7%$1M · 31.9%
Ohio Millionaire's Club621 in 3.3674.7%$1M · 00.0%
Set For Life581 in 3.1973.7%$5M · 21.0%

Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.