Holiday Cash
District of Columbia· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.60
USA percentile
21th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
4
$1,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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Holiday Cash is a $1 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia lottery (game #1676). As of the most recent daily scan, 4 top prizes of $1,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the District of Columbia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.07. Our models put its expected value at 0.60 per dollar, returning about $0.60 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 2 of 18 $1 games on sale in District of Columbia.
THE THESIS
At 0.60 EV/$, this game ranks 2 of 18 same-price games on sale in District of Columbia (median 0.58).
- 1.100% of $1,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 21st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
12 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $146,735 — 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 tiersPrice 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
Holiday Cash: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 4 of the 4 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 12 prize levels the lottery reports, 60,019 of 60,088 prizes (100%) remain.
At current prize levels a $1 ticket returns about $0.6 on average (0.60 per dollar), which ranks 2 of 18 $1 games on sale in District of Columbia, above the $1 median of 0.58. Among every District of Columbia game with a computable value it is 140 of 169; nationally it sits in the 21th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
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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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a DC game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.