50th AnniversaryOhio Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
50th Anniversary costs $50 a ticket from the Ohio Lottery. Its expected return of $0.84 per $1 runs $0.02 ahead of the typical $50 ticket in Ohio. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 15% of prizes remain. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.97 trail the 1 in 3.61 typical of Ohio's $50 games. It has been on sale since January 2024.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 3.4M at launch, about 1 in 1.5M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $15,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
- The prize pool is running thin, with most prizes already won.
- Average win frequency: about a 25% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 3.97).
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15,000,000 ($600,000 a year for 25 years) | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $1,000,000 | 12 | 3 | 25% |
| $50,000 | 40 | 7 | 18% |
| $10,000 | 1,008 | 148 | 15% |
| $5,000 | 2,016 | 305 | 15% |
| $1,000 | 17,220 | 2,582 | 15% |
| $500 | 65,637 | 9,585 | 15% |
| $250 | 447,403 | 65,129 | 15% |
| $100 | 2,044,140 | 302,883 | 15% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since June 27, when our records for it began, one $15,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on October 15.
- October 15, 20261 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.3% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than the average for Ohio's $50 games (0.6% 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
- 827
- Ticket Price
- $50
- Start Date
- 1/9/2024
- Payout %
- 83.5%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $50 ticket in Ohio
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millionaire Blowout | 95 | 1 in 2.73 | 81.7% | $1M · 50 | 0.8% |
| Ultimate $5,000,000 | 79 | 1 in 3.61 | 81.7% | $5M · 3 | 0.6% |
| 50th Anniversary (this game) | 58 | 1 in 3.97 | 83.5% | $15M · 1 | 0.3% |
| VIP Millions | 49 | 1 in 4.02 | 82.3% | $1M · 4 | 0.4% |
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.