Now Live: New Hampshire, Oregon, and Illinois Scratch-Off Coverage
We've got good news for players in three more states: ScratchSmart now covers New Hampshire, Oregon, and Illinois. That means daily, data-driven rankings of every active scratch-off game in each state—so you can see which tickets actually have the best value right now, not just the launch-day odds printed on the back.
What "coverage" actually means
When we add a state, we start pulling that state's official lottery prize data every single day. For every active scratch-off, we track how many prizes remain at each level, estimate how many tickets are still in circulation, and recompute the real expected value. Then we rank the games so the best-value tickets rise to the top.
That daily refresh is the whole point. The overall odds printed on a ticket are frozen the day the game launches and never change as prizes get claimed. A game that looked great at launch can quietly turn into dead money once its top prizes are gone—but the printed odds will still tell you it's a good bet. Our rankings cut through that by reflecting what's left in each game today.
New Hampshire is now live
New Hampshire punches well above its size when it comes to the lottery—it was the first state in the modern era to launch one, and its players are among the most active per capita in the country. With ScratchSmart, you can now check the current best-value New Hampshire games before you buy, at every price point from $1 up to the state's premium tickets.
Oregon is now live
Oregon's lottery funds parks, schools, and watershed programs across the state, and its scratch-off catalog runs deep. Now you can see which Oregon games still have their top prizes intact and which have been picked clean—the single biggest factor in whether a ticket is worth buying. No more guessing at the counter.
Illinois is now live
Illinois is one of the largest lottery markets in the Midwest, with a big enough catalog that finding the best game by hand is genuinely tough. Now it's automatic. For a full walkthrough of how to read the odds in the Prairie State, we also just published a dedicated Illinois scratch-off odds guide.
How to make the most of it
Coverage is only useful if you know how to use it. The approach is the same in every state:
- Pick the highest price tier you're comfortable spending—higher-priced games generally return more per dollar.
- Within that tier, buy the game with the best current expected value and its top prizes still available.
- Skip anything that's been drained, no matter how good the printed odds look.
If you want the deeper version, our guide to reading a game's remaining prizes breaks the whole process down step by step, and our best scratch-off strategy post pulls it all together.
More states on the way
New Hampshire, Oregon, and Illinois join a growing list of states where ScratchSmart does the daily math for you. We're adding new states regularly, and the process is the same each time: pull the official data, run the numbers, and rank the games so you always know which tickets are worth your money. If your state isn't covered yet, hang tight—we're working through the map. And if it is, open the app, pick your state, and check the board before your next trip to the store.
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