DC · #1654 · $5

Wild Cash

District of Columbia· Launched Mar 2026· 154 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

57th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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Wild Cash is a $5 scratch-off game from the District of Columbia (game #1654). It launched in March 2026. 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 3.41. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.69 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 57th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$50K
1/2
50%
$1K
4/6
$500
22/32
$200
80/116
$100
203/307
$50
327/513
$40
643/1.0K
$25
1.5K/2.4K
$20
4.8K/7.6K
$10
13.7K/21.2K
$5
24.7K/37.9K

Total unclaimed prize value: $539,470 — 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 · 57th
USA: 57th percentileDC: 56th 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 · +7%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — DC field

200 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.250.500.97

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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