DC · #1565 · $5

Diamonds

District of Columbia· Launched Oct 2023· 1036 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.77

USA percentile

86th

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.

Diamonds is a $5 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia (game #1565). It launched in October 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 4.10. Our models put its expected value at 0.77 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.77 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.77 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 86th 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
0/4
$500
4/8
$200
1/8
$100
152/574
$50
963/4.0K
$20
1.5K/6.1K
$10
6.3K/24.2K
$5
6.4K/24.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $240,555 — 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 · 86th
USA: 86th percentileDC: 88th 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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