DC · #1525 · $10

51st

District of Columbia· Launched Sep 2022· 1429 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.72

USA percentile

72th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$151,000 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.

51st is a $10 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia (game #1525). It launched in September 2022. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $151 remains unclaimed, as published by the District of Columbia. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.42. Our models put its expected value at 0.72 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.72 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.72 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.50% of $151,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 72nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Read the full case ↓

Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$151K
1/2
50%
$1K
368/643
$100
745/1.3K
$50
743/1.3K
$40
959/1.7K
$25
6.1K/10.5K
$20
14.2K/24.5K
$15
7.1K/12.2K
$10
32.0K/55.0K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.53M — 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 · 72th
USA: 72th percentileDC: 71th 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.

SIMILAR PLAYS IN DC

If you like this game, look at these

Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal