OR · #1651 · $3

Crossword Detective

Oregon· Launched Mar 2026· 174 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.65

USA percentile

42th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

4

$25,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

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Crossword Detective is a $3 scratch-off game from the Oregon (game #1651). It launched in March 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 4 top prizes of $25 remain unclaimed, as published by the Oregon. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.44. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.65 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.67% of $3 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 42nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

14 tiers · % remaining
$3
88.3K/131.6K
67%
$5
57.3K/87.8K
$6
57.9K/87.8K
$8
28.4K/43.8K
$10
35.2K/54.9K
$15
28.1K/43.9K
$20
14.0K/21.9K
$25
7.0K/11.0K
$30
3.9K/6.1K
$50
2.1K/3.2K
$75
835/1.3K
$100
513/817
$1K
7/10
$25K
4/6

Total unclaimed prize value: $2.80M — 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 · 42th
USA: 42th percentileOR: 43th 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 · -16%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 16% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

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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