$500,000 Cashword
$500,000 Cashword is a $10 Ohio scratch-off, game #1053. The $500,000 top prize launched at 1 in 1,023,111. Every one of the 4 top prizes has already been claimed.
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- Ticket price
- $10
- Top prize
- $500,000
- Top prizes left
- All claimed
- Launch odds
- 1 in 1,023,111
- Print run
- 4,092,442
- Odds now 🔒
- 1 in •••Members
The full prize breakdown for $500,000 Cashword
Every prize level, the launch odds printed on the ticket, and how many prizes are still unclaimed. That is the complete public picture, the same numbers Ohio reports. The one thing we hold back is the odds recalculated for today, which is the members number.
| Prize | Launch odds | Odds now 🔒 | Prizes left |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 1,023,111 | 1 in •••🔒 | All claimed |
| $10,000 | 1 in 68,207 | 1 in •••🔒 | 6 / 60 |
| $1,000 | 1 in 2,666 | 1 in •••🔒 | 83 / 1,535 |
| $500 | 1 in 2,001 | 1 in •••🔒 | 107 / 2,045 |
| $200 | 1 in 399 | 1 in •••🔒 | 611 / 10,260 |
| $100 | 1 in 133 | 1 in •••🔒 | 1,872 / 30,783 |
| $50 | 1 in 50 | 1 in •••🔒 | 4,694 / 81,876 |
| $30 | 1 in 50 | 1 in •••🔒 | 5,242 / 81,876 |
| $20 | 1 in 10 | 1 in •••🔒 | 31,581 / 409,392 |
| $10 | 1 in 8 | 1 in •••🔒 | 33,797 / 491,232 |
The launch odds above are printed on the ticket and never change. What changes every day is the real odds, once you count the prizes and tickets still left. Members see that recalculated number for every tier here, plus our buy or skip call and where this game ranks against the rest of the board.
Launch odds vs. real odds on $500,000 Cashword
The odds printed on $500,000 Cashword were set the day it went to print and they never move. The real odds do, every single day, as prizes get claimed and tickets sell. When the $500,000 prizes get scooped up faster than the tickets sell, the real odds on that top prize get worse than what’s on the front. When tickets sell faster than the big prizes go, they get better. On $500,000 Cashword the top prize is already gone, so those printed odds are selling you a jackpot that isn’t on the shelf anymore.
$500,000 Cashword questions
- Does $500,000 Cashword still have its top prize?
- No. All 4 of the $500,000 top prizes on $500,000 Cashword (Ohio game #1053) are gone. The ticket still advertises the same odds it launched with, but you would be playing for a jackpot that no longer exists. Skip it.
- What are the real odds on $500,000 Cashword right now?
- The $500,000 top prize launched at 1 in 1,023,111, and that is the number printed on the ticket. Those odds were locked in the day the game printed and they never move. The odds that actually matter get recalculated from the prizes and tickets still left today, and that live number is the one members see.
- How much is a $500,000 Cashword ticket?
- $500,000 Cashword costs $10 in Ohio.
- Why doesn't the Ohio Lottery just tell me this?
- Because the odds printed on the ticket make every game look identical from the day it launches to the day it ends. The lottery has no reason to point out that a game's best prizes are already claimed. We read the remaining-prize data Ohio publishes every day and do the math they leave out.
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