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Average valueActive18K Gold · $5 · Oklahoma Lottery
18K Gold: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.44 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $5 OK games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $5 OK games
18K Gold is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Oklahoma state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.8%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 3 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 3% of the 0.9M printed tickets have been sold.
68.8%
expected return
1 in 3.22
odds of any win
3 of 3
$50K top prizes left
3%
claimed · 30k of 879k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 263,476 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$8 – $300, an actual profit
17 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 20,220 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $300
$3.13 · 62.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.31 · 6.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $300 wins
263,434 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
3% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
879k
tickets printed
30k
tickets claimed · 3%
849k
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
97%
100% of top prizes remain with only 97% 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 $5 OK peers
#5 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Oklahoma Lottery published claim data.
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