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ActiveBingo · $3 · Oklahoma Lottery

Bingo: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.78 on average.

-4.7 pts vs launch#2 of 3 · $3 OK gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:58 AM

Bingo is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Oklahoma state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.3%, down 4.7 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 2 of the original 8 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 3.7M printed tickets have been sold.

59.3%
expected return
1 in 3.28
odds of any win
2 of 8
$30K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 2.7M of 3.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 277,739 winning tickets still unclaimed.

11 win more than $3
$5 – $250, an actual profit
20 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 24,110 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $1.78 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $3 – $500
$1.71 · 57.1% of price
Mid prizes $30K
$0.07 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
277,737 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

75% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2025.

3.7M
tickets printed
2.7M
tickets claimed · 75%
916k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
25%
25% of top prizes remain with 25% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Oklahoma Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $3 OK peers
#2 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Oklahoma Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:58 AM.
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