DC 3 Scratcher
District of Columbia· Launched May 2026· 182 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
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USA percentile
0th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
2
$35,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.
DC 3 Scratcher is a $3 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia lottery (game #1659). It launched in May 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $35,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the District of Columbia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.84. Expected value isn't computed for this game because the published prize data isn't complete enough to calculate it.
Prize ladder
9 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $379,564 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 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 tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
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
DC 3 Scratcher: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 2 of the 2 $35,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 9 prize levels the lottery reports, 28,834 of 38,864 prizes (74%) remain.
Over the last 30 days, 830 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the District of Columbia lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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