$50, $250 or $500
District of Columbia· Launched Sep 2026· 53 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.34
USA percentile
0th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
61
$500 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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$50, $250 or $500 is a $10 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia lottery (game #1672). It launched in September 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 61 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, as published by the District of Columbia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 16. Our models put its expected value at 0.34 per dollar, returning about $0.34 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 18 of 20 $10 games on sale in District of Columbia.
THE THESIS
At 0.34 EV/$, this game ranks 18 of 20 same-price games on sale in District of Columbia (median 0.73).
- 1.81% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 0th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
3 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $1.48M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,154 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active DC games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 28% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — DC field
200 games · break-even highlightedNo other active DC games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
$50, $250 or $500: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 61 of the 75 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 3 prize levels the lottery reports, 27,481 of 33,210 prizes (83%) remain.
At current prize levels a $10 ticket returns about $3.37 on average (0.34 per dollar), which ranks 18 of 20 $10 games on sale in District of Columbia, below the $10 median of 0.73. Among every District of Columbia game with a computable value it is 160 of 167; nationally it sits in the 0th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 2,527 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 7 top prizes.
Figures come from the prize data the District of Columbia lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 25, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a DC game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.