DC · #1477 · $5

Lady Luck

District of Columbia· Launched Mar 2021· 1973 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.63

USA percentile

34th

of 1,986 games

Top prizes left

0

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-07-28

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.

Lady Luck is a $5 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia (game #1477). It launched in March 2021. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $50 remain unclaimed, as published by the District of Columbia. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.32. Our models put its expected value at 0.63 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.63 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.63 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.Ranks in the 34th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$50K
0/2
0%
$1K
1/6
$500
5/32
$200
22/140
$100
45/387
$50
90/646
$40
192/1.6K
$25
929/6.9K
$20
1.5K/11.4K
$10
4.4K/32.1K
$5
8.4K/57.1K

Total unclaimed prize value: $163,770 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,986 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 · 34th
USA: 34th percentileDC: 33th 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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