Electric 8sOhio Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Electric 8s is a $1 ticket from the Ohio Lottery. Our estimate for the $500 prize has slipped to about 1 in 297,280 per ticket, from 1 in 231,243 at launch. On average it pays back about $0.66 per $1, $0.04 more than the median $1 game in Ohio. 50% of its winning tickets pay $1 or less, no more than the ticket cost.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 231K at launch, about 1 in 297K now. The $500 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- At $0.66 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.
- Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 31 | 7 | 23% |
| $100 | 1,447 | 349 | 24% |
| $50 | 17,042 | 4,065 | 24% |
| $20 | 35,842 | 8,675 | 24% |
| $10 | 53,732 | 13,465 | 25% |
| $5 | 143,430 | 38,350 | 27% |
| $2 | 501,788 | 142,287 | 28% |
| $1 | 752,682 | 229,978 | 31% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since April 6, when our records for it began, 24 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 7. The most recent was on October 15.
- October 15, 20261 claimed · 7 left
- September 25, 20261 claimed · 8 left
- September 23, 20261 claimed · 9 left
- September 9, 20261 claimed · 10 left
- August 25, 20261 claimed · 11 left
- August 16, 20261 claimed · 12 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Ohio's $1 games (1.7% 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
Game Details
- State
- Ohio
- Game Number
- 1076
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 3/31/2026
- Payout %
- 66.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Cash | 81 | 1 in 3.99 | 75.0% | $500 · 722 | - |
| Crazy Cash | 46 | 1 in 4.74 | 62.2% | $1K · 40 | - |
| Crazy Cash (Game #1094) | 22 | 1 in 4.74 | 62.2% | $1K · 10 | 5.0% |
| Triple Tripler | 22 | 1 in 4.81 | 61.5% | $2K · 17 | 2.8% |
| Sapphire Blue 7 | 21 | 1 in 4.75 | 62.8% | $777 · 18 | 3.1% |
| Electric 8s (this game) | 19 | 1 in 4.76 | 66.1% | $500 · 7 | 1.6% |
| Hot 7s | 11 | 1 in 4.64 | 62.1% | $500 · 4 | 0.1% |
| Luck of the Irish Tripler | 11 | 1 in 4.80 | 62.2% | $1K · 3 | 0.2% |
| Winner Winner Chicken Dinner | 11 | 1 in 4.74 | 62.1% | $500 · 65 | 0.2% |
| Set For Life (Game #1069) | 8 | 1 in 4.74 | 60.2% | $365K · 0 | 0.3% |
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.