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Ranked 43rd of 76 Tickets in Ohio

Gold RushOhio Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Ohio Lottery
42
VALUESCORE
Fair
$10OhioGame #1097GREEN
At a glance

Gold Rush costs $10 a ticket from the Ohio Lottery. Prizes of $10,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 40,000 tickets. It pays back about $0.73 per $1 on average, in line with Ohio's other $10 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.78
Exp. Value
$0.73
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$500,000
Top Prizes Left
0
Prizes Remaining
19%
ValueScore™
42 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.73
→
AVERAGE
Middle of the pack: #43 of the 76 active games we track in Ohio.
Why
→Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
  • Late in this game's life: the remaining prize pool is small.
  • Expected value of $0.73 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 26
$500,000
0 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 1.0M
All claimed
$20,000
3 of 20 left
launch odds 1 in 154K
now ~1 in 194K
$10,000
10 of 54 left
launch odds 1 in 57K
now ~1 in 58K
$1,000
48 of 225 left
launch odds 1 in 14K
now ~1 in 12K
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
$500,00030Claimed
$20,000203
15%
$10,0005410
19%
$1,00022548
21%
$5005,110910
18%
$10030,8885,613
18%
$5061,67211,267
18%
$25100,13018,550
19%
$20123,34423,222
19%
$15246,68847,046
19%
$10246,68847,643
19%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$22,529,730
Current Prize Pool
$3,897,960
Payout Percentage
17.3%
Total Prizes Remaining
154,312

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
3,080,027
Estimated Remaining
583,299
% Remaining
18.9%
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

The last $500,000 top prize was reported claimed on October 18. 3 were left at launch on July 22.

30
3
2
0
July 22October 26
  • October 18, 20262 claimed · 0 left
  • August 14, 20261 claimed · 2 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 5 times the average for Ohio's $10 games (0.7% 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

42
VALUESCORE
Fair
42
out of 100
Expected Value
24/40
Prize Quality
2/25
Win Frequency
12/20
Inventory Health
4/15
Updated: 10/26/2026

Game Details

State
Ohio
Game Number
1097
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
7/21/2026
Payout %
73.1%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/26/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.78 overall odds
✓ Accounts for prizes already claimed

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Gold Rush scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Gold Rush scores 42/100 (Fair) and is 14th of the 21 active $10 games in Ohio. It pays back about $0.73 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $10 tickets are listed on the Ohio rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Gold Rush scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Gold Rush are 1 in 3.78. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Gold Rush?
The top prize for Gold Rush is $500,000. All top prizes have already been claimed. This game no longer has a top prize available, so you may want to consider a different game.
How many prizes are left in Gold Rush?
Based on our latest data, 19% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 154,312 out of 814,822 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

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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.