Instant Jackpot is a $10 ticket from the Ohio Lottery. Our estimate for the $500,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 1,434,263 per ticket, from 1 in 972,297 at launch. On average it pays back about $0.75 per $1, $0.02 more than the median $10 game in Ohio. 54% of its winning tickets pay $10 or less, no more than the ticket cost.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 972K at launch, about 1 in 1.4M now. The $500,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Little of the prize pool has been drained so far.
- Odds of 1 in 3.87 put the win rate squarely in the normal range.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| $50,000 | 40 | 24 | 60% |
| $5,000 | 100 | 53 | 53% |
| $500 | 15,808 | 9,299 | 59% |
| $250 | 7,319 | 4,286 | 59% |
| $150 | 18,290 | 10,632 | 58% |
| $50 | 48,596 | 28,570 | 59% |
| $20 | 485,850 | 285,913 | 59% |
| $10 | 680,190 | 402,442 | 59% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on June 24, 3 $500,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on July 29.
- July 29, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- July 26, 20261 claimed · 3 left
- July 6, 20261 claimed · 4 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for Ohio's $10 games (0.9% 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
- 1090
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 6/23/2026
- Payout %
- 74.9%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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Every $10 ticket in Ohio
All 21 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingo X50 | 81 | 1 in 3.21 | 72.8% | $500K · 3 | 0.7% |
| Casino Cash | 73 | 1 in 3.72 | 72.9% | $500K · 4 | 3.2% |
| Instant Jackpot (this game) | 69 | 1 in 3.87 | 74.9% | $500K · 2 | 1.2% |
| $1,000,000 Black Titanium | 68 | 1 in 3.54 | 71.8% | $1M · 4 | 2.2% |
| Cross Match Bingo | 67 | 1 in 3.42 | 72.7% | $500K · 3 | 0.8% |
| $500,000 Cashword | 64 | 1 in 3.69 | 73.2% | $500K · 2 | 2.5% |
| Money, Money, Money | 60 | 1 in 3.88 | 73.3% | $500K · 4 | 0.8% |
| Set For Life (Game #1072) | 56 | 1 in 3.63 | 73.4% | $2.4M · 1 | 0.8% |
| Gold Rush | 53 | 1 in 3.78 | 73.1% | $500K · 2 | 4.0% |
| Mystery Multiplier | 52 | 1 in 3.06 | 73.3% | $300K · 0 | 0.0% |
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.