OR · #1651 · $3

Crossword Detective

Oregon· Launched Mar 2026· 148 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.65

USA percentile

42th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

4

$25,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

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. 1.72% 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
95.4K/131.6K
72%
$5
62.2K/87.8K
$6
62.7K/87.8K
$8
30.8K/43.8K
$10
38.4K/54.9K
$15
30.6K/43.9K
$20
15.3K/21.9K
$25
7.6K/11.0K
$30
4.2K/6.1K
$50
2.3K/3.2K
$75
911/1.3K
$100
564/817
$1K
8/10
$25K
4/6

Total unclaimed prize value: $3.03M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 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/$
YOU · 42th
USA: 42th percentileOR: 45th 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 · +11%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — OR field

83 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.300.601.03break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

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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