OR · #1648 · $5

Cowboy Crossword

Oregon· Launched May 2026· 111 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.67

USA percentile

51th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

3

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

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Cowboy Crossword is a $5 scratch-off game from the Oregon (game #1648). It launched in May 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $50 remain unclaimed, as published by the Oregon. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.01. Our models put its expected value at 0.67 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.67 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.67 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.81% of $5 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 51st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$5
109.0K/134.8K
81%
$10
138.8K/173.3K
$15
46.3K/57.9K
$20
45.9K/57.8K
$25
22.9K/28.8K
$30
16.4K/20.7K
$45
2.6K/3.3K
$100
2.0K/2.6K
$200
321/416
$300
156/206
$1K
8/10
$50K
3/3

Total unclaimed prize value: $5.20M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active OR games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
OR median0.66 EV/$
YOU · 51th
USA: 51th percentileOR: 58th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -12%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — OR field

90 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.250.500.90YOU

No other active OR games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.

States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.

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