$500 FRENZY — $5 Washington scratch-off ticket
WA · #1982 · $5

$500 FRENZY

Washington· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.64

USA percentile

37th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

174

$500 tier

% sold-through

79%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~336d

P10–P90: 235–470d

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$500 FRENZY is a $5 scratch-off game from the Washington (game #1982). As of the most recent daily scan, 174 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, with roughly 79% of tickets sold, as published by the Washington. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.35. Our models put its expected value at 0.64 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.64 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.64 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.17% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at 79% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 6.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~336 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 37th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$500
174/1.0K
17%
$200
15/74
$100
94/479
$50
8.3K/45.2K
$30
1.7K/9.2K
$25
1.3K/6.7K
$20
4.3K/22.2K
$15
2.2K/11.0K
$10
31.2K/155.8K
$5
88.1K/411.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.47M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active WA games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
WA median0.66 EV/$
YOU · 37th
USA: 37th percentileWA: 38th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 18Jun 27Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 14Aug 23Aug 20%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~08-02

Daily drainage

~6.17% / day

Days left (P50)

336 days

P10 / P90 range

235–470 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.64

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -16%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 16% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

Price vs EV — WA field

71 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.250.500.97YOU

No other active WA 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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