DC · #1558 · $5

$50,000 VIP Cashword

District of Columbia· Launched Aug 2023· 1099 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.73

USA percentile

76th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

$50,000 VIP Cashword is a $5 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia (game #1558). It launched in August 2023. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $50 remains unclaimed, as published by the District of Columbia. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.02. Our models put its expected value at 0.73 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.73 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.73 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.50% of $50,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 76th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$50K
1/2
50%
$1K
1/4
$500
1/4
$100
38/125
$50
485/1.5K
$30
1.0K/3.1K
$20
4.2K/13.2K
$10
6.0K/18.3K
$5
8.3K/24.3K

Total unclaimed prize value: $296,495 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where 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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
DC median0.67 EV/$
YOU · 76th
USA: 76th percentileDC: 78th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d

Price vs EV — DC field

200 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.250.500.97YOU

No 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.

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