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Decent valueActiveMillion Dollar Payday · $30 · Oklahoma Lottery
Million Dollar Payday: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.59 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $30 OK gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:58 PM
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $30 OK gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:58 PM
Million Dollar Payday is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Oklahoma state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.3%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 75.7%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 30% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
75.3%
expected return
1 in 2.64
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
30%
claimed · 185k of 609k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 160,199 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $30
$50 – $300, an actual profit
20 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
62 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 734 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.59 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $700
$16.54 · 55.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$1.33 · 4.4% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$4.72 · 15.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
59.6%
Just 2 tickets out of 424k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $700 wins
160,015 winning tickets remain in this range: 73% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
30% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
609k
tickets printed
185k
tickets claimed · 30%
424k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
70%
67% of top prizes remain with 70% 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 $30 OK peers
#1 of 2
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Million Dollar Payday
75.3%
2
Money Maker
73.7%
Figures from Oklahoma Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:58 PM.
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