Cowboy CrosswordOregon Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Oregon Lottery sells Cowboy Crossword as a $5 ticket. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 148,025 tickets. It pays back about $0.68 per $1 on average, in line with Oregon's other $5 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- The bigger prize tiers here have plenty left to win.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.68 per $1 spent.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 1 in 500,000 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 200,000 | 10 | 8 | 80% |
| $300 | 1 in 9,434 | 206 | 136 | 66% |
| $200 | 1 in 4,630 | 416 | 274 | 66% |
| $100 | 1 in 745 | 2,589 | 1,727 | 67% |
| $45 | 1 in 583 | 3,300 | 2,221 | 67% |
| $30 | 1 in 93 | 20,722 | 14,069 | 68% |
| $25 | 1 in 67 | 28,832 | 19,742 | 68% |
| $20 | 1 in 33 | 57,797 | 39,463 | 68% |
| $15 | 1 in 33 | 57,884 | 39,982 | 69% |
| $10 | 1 in 11 | 173,326 | 119,891 | 69% |
| $5 | 1 in 14 | 134,798 | 94,772 | 70% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 7, when our records for it began, one $50,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on September 11.
- September 11, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for Oregon's $5 games (1.2% 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
- 1648
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 5/12/2026
- Payout %
- 67.8%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Cowboy Crossword (this game) | 65 | 1 in 4.01 | 67.8% | $50K · 2 | 1.5% |
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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.