DC · #1656 · $5

Black Pearls

District of Columbia· Launched Apr 2026· 126 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.68

USA percentile

55th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

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2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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Black Pearls is a $5 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia (game #1656). It launched in April 2026. 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 4.17. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.68 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

1.50% of $50,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
2.Ranks in the 55th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.

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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining

$50K

1/2

50%

$5K

3/3

$1K

7/8

$500

21/33

$200

31/39

$100

436/617

$50

1.4K/2.0K

$25

1.9K/2.7K

$20

5.2K/7.4K

$10

15.2K/21.4K

17.5K/24.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $594,955 — 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/$

YOU · 55th

USA: 55th percentileDC: 55th 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 · +2%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — DC field

200 games · break-even highlighted

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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