HOT & COLD NUMBERS Washington scratch-off ticket

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HOT & COLD NUMBERS Washington scratch-off #1936

$0.65 / $1$5 ticketTop prize $50,000
Return per $1 now
$0.65
Based on published ticket counts
Return per ticket now
$3.25
vs $5 cost
Return at launch
$3.37
per ticket, as originally printed
Overall odds
1 in 3.48
any prize, at launch
Odds of a net win
1 in 8.53
win more than the $5 ticket
Est. tickets remaining
719,117
of ~2,210,300 printed
Prizes remaining
32.5%
$2,339,175 in unclaimed prizes
Prize tiers live
12/12
tiers with ≥1 prize left
Top prizes left
1
$50,000 prizes unclaimed

Prize table

PrizeTotalClaimedRemaining% LeftLaunch Odds
$50,00043125.0%
$15,00054120.0%
$1,00054120.0%
$50094603436.2%
$1001,12377834530.7%
$751,34993641330.6%
$5045,30831,48713,82130.5%
$307,7455,3792,36630.5%
$254,4423,0641,37831.0%
$2044,20630,45413,75231.1%
$10154,800105,34249,45831.9%
$5375,593250,673124,92033.3%

How this return was calculated

We sum the value of all unclaimed prizes ($2,339,175) and divide by the estimated number of unsold tickets (719,117), assuming winning and losing tickets sell at the same rate. That gives an expected return of $3.25 per $5 ticket — $0.65 back per $1 played, or an expected loss of $1.75 per ticket.

Ticket counts come from the Washington's Lottery published print run (~2,210,300 tickets).

Data source

Prize data may be delayed or incomplete; prizes may be claimed between state updates. This page is informational, not gambling advice.

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