Joker's Wild — $5 Ohio Scratch-Off #1030
Joker's Wild (#1030) is a $5 Ohio scratch-off launched on June 17, 2025. As of October 14, 2026 it ranks #3 of 69 active games on current payout (100.6%, $5.03 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 11 $5 games, #4 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.03) and #67 on top-prize odds (—). Since launch the payout has risen 30.1 points (70.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 51.4% (1 in 4.58 at launch). 0 of 4 top prizes of $100,000 remain, and we estimate 461,633 tickets are still unsold (92.5% sold). That puts it among the best Ohio scratch-offs to buy right now. A caution on the current figures: the any-prize odds have moved from 1 in 4.58 to 1 in 3.03, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 0.57 million and 0.72 million), usually because small prizes are claimed late, and the current odds and payout lean on that disagreement. The printed odds are the safer guide, and our summaries do not name this game the best of anything (how we estimate). Note: a payout above 100% means the unclaimed prizes are worth more than the remaining tickets cost. That is genuinely possible this far into a game's run, but it is also where our ticket-count estimate is weakest, so read it as "unusually rich", not as a guarantee (how we calculate this).
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Joker's Wild, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 152,564 of 1,347,312 prizes (11.3%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 1,542,672 | all claimed | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 1,542,672 | all claimed | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 514,224 | 1 in 461,633 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 8.3% |
| $500 | 1 in 7,311 | 1 in 5,918 | 844 | 766 | 78 | 9.2% |
| $100 | 1 in 644.8 | 1 in 482.4 | 9,570 | 8,613 | 957 | 10.0% |
| $50 | 1 in 60.5 | 1 in 44.9 | 101,988 | 91,705 | 10,283 | 10.1% |
| $20 | 1 in 25.0 | 1 in 17.8 | 246,978 | 220,984 | 25,994 | 10.5% |
| $10 | 1 in 6.25 | 1 in 4.01 | 987,912 | 872,661 | 115,251 | 11.7% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.58 | 1 in 3.03 | 1,347,312 | 1,194,748 | 152,564 | 11.3% |
How Joker's Wild has moved
Joker's Wild: common questions
- How many $100,000 prizes are left in Joker's Wild?
- 0 of 4 as of October 14, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Joker's Wild?
- 1 in 3.03 as of October 14, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.58 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.03, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 3.03.
- Is Joker's Wild worth buying?
- Its current payout is 100.6% ($5.03 back per $5 ticket), rank #3 of 69 in Ohio. The best $5 alternative as of October 14, 2026 is $25, $50 or $250 (#1050, $5) at 83.7%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Joker's Wild tickets are left?
- We estimate 461,633 of roughly 6,170,689 printed tickets are unsold (92.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Joker's Wild launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on June 17, 2025. It is still on sale.
Other $5 Ohio scratch-offs
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- Fun 5s — 73.3% payout, 1 in 3.67 any prize
- Aces And 8s — 71.7% payout, 1 in 3.71 any prize