WA · #1957 · $5

Carnival Cash

Washington· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.66

USA percentile

47th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

2

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

38%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~186d

P10–P90: 130–260d

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Carnival Cash is a $5 scratch-off game from the Washington (game #1957). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $50 remain unclaimed, with roughly 38% of tickets sold, as published by the Washington. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.33. Our models put its expected value at 0.66 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.66 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.66 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 38% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 33.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~186 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 47th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$50K
2/4
50%
$1K
3/6
$500
6/10
$100
1.4K/2.3K
$50
26.4K/43.6K
$30
8.8K/14.5K
$25
3.3K/5.4K
$20
13.2K/21.6K
$15
6.7K/10.8K
$10
93.6K/151.5K
$5
251.1K/400.3K

Total unclaimed prize value: $4.47M — 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 WA games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
YOU · 47th
USA: 47th percentileWA: 52th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 29Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19Jun 26Jul 16Jul 23Jul 30Feb 70%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~02-07

Daily drainage

~33.50% / day

Days left (P50)

186 days

P10 / P90 range

130–260 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.66

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -2%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — WA field

65 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.250.500.99YOU

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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