The Oregon Lottery sells Ace in the Hole as a $2 ticket. By our estimate the $9,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 281,681 per ticket, down from 1 in 357,386. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 357,386 tickets.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 357K at launch, about 1 in 282K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $9,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Wins are infrequent: about a 22% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.57), lower than most games.
- The bigger prize tiers here have plenty left to win.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,000 | 1 in 333,333 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,404 | 509 | 375 | 74% |
| $50 | 1 in 439 | 1,627 | 1,195 | 73% |
| $30 | 1 in 291 | 2,455 | 1,895 | 77% |
| $20 | 1 in 133 | 5,352 | 4,130 | 77% |
| $15 | 1 in 133 | 5,357 | 4,101 | 77% |
| $10 | 1 in 80 | 8,934 | 6,907 | 77% |
| $5 | 1 in 33 | 21,440 | 16,829 | 78% |
| $4 | 1 in 19 | 37,482 | 29,521 | 79% |
| $2 | 1 in 10 | 73,247 | 58,319 | 80% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $9,000 top prizes left on July 2, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2.7% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 3 times the average for Oregon's $2 games (1% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Oregon
- Game Number
- 1684
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 8/11/2026
- Payout %
- 63.4%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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Every $2 ticket in Oregon
All 12 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol of the Cash | 49 | 1 in 4.50 | 63.2% | $10K · 2 | - |
| Ace in the Hole (this game) | 49 | 1 in 4.57 | 63.4% | $9K · 2 | 2.7% |
| Potion Payout | 47 | 1 in 4.57 | 63.5% | $9K · 1 | 2.2% |
| Slow Much Money | 46 | 1 in 4.57 | 63.4% | $8K · 2 | 2.0% |
| Cash Landing | 40 | 1 in 4.57 | 63.4% | $8K · 2 | 1.5% |
| Strike It Rich! Bingo | 40 | 1 in 3.47 | 63.3% | $10K · 2 | 1.1% |
| Full Moon Crossword | 26 | 1 in 3.65 | 63.0% | $15K · 1 | 1.4% |
| Level Up! | 25 | 1 in 3.94 | 63.0% | $10K · 1 | 0.1% |
| Mega 5x Multiplier | 23 | 1 in 4.50 | 63.2% | $10K · 0 | 0.3% |
| Turtle Tripler | 22 | 1 in 4.58 | 63.4% | $8K · 1 | 0.4% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.