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Weak valueActiveBuried Treasure · $3 · Oklahoma Lottery
Buried Treasure: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.89 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 OK gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:58 PM
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 OK gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:58 PM
Buried Treasure is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Oklahoma state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 62.7%. 3 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 6% of the 1.0M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 3.30
odds of any win
3 of 3
$25K top prizes left
6%
claimed · 61k of 999k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 284,097 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$6 – $200, an actual profit
17 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 42,677 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.89 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $200
$1.77 · 59.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $25K
$0.12 · 3.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $200 wins
284,075 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
6% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
999k
tickets printed
61k
tickets claimed · 6%
939k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
94%
100% of top prizes remain with only 94% 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
#3 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Oklahoma Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:58 PM.
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