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ActiveMystery Crossword · $10 · Oklahoma Lottery

Mystery Crossword: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.25 on average.

-1.3 pts vs launch#6 of 7 · $10 OK gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:58 AM

Mystery Crossword is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Oklahoma state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.5%, down 1.3 percentage points from the launch value of 73.8%. 1 of the original 3 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 0.9M printed tickets have been sold.

72.5%
expected return
1 in 2.86
odds of any win
1 of 3
$100K top prizes left
81%
claimed · 708k of 879k printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 60,043 winning tickets still unclaimed.

21 win more than $10
$20 – $300, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
65 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,060 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $7.25 comes from

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

Small wins $10 – $500
$6.61 · 66.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.64 · 6.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
60,032 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there

Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.

879k
tickets printed
708k
tickets claimed · 81%
171k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
19%
33% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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 $10 OK peers
#6 of 7
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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