
District of Columbia· Launched Aug 2024· 819 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.70
USA percentile
63th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
2
$30,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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LOTERIA™ is a $3 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia lottery (game #1594). It launched in August 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $30,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the District of Columbia lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.81. Our models put its expected value at 0.70 per dollar, returning about $0.70 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 4 of 14 $3 games on sale in District of Columbia.
THE THESIS
At 0.70 EV/$, this game ranks 4 of 14 same-price games on sale in District of Columbia (median 0.67).
Total unclaimed prize value: $487,858 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
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.
Trailing 7-day claim rate 56% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
No other active DC games currently clear break-even.
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
As of November 4, 2026, 2 of the 2 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 11 prize levels the lottery reports, 61,029 of 95,839 prizes (64%) remain.
At current prize levels a $3 ticket returns about $2.1 on average (0.70 per dollar), which ranks 4 of 14 $3 games on sale in District of Columbia, above the $3 median of 0.67. Among every District of Columbia game with a computable value it is 71 of 169; nationally it sits in the 63th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 26 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
District of Columbia also sells another issue of LOTERIA™: game #1542. Each issue has its own print run and prize pool, so their odds and remaining prizes differ.
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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