COLOR BLOCK CROSSWORD — $5 Washington scratch-off ticket
WA · #1955 · $5

COLOR BLOCK CROSSWORD

Washington· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.67

USA percentile

49th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

2

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

45%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~240d

P10–P90: 168–336d

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COLOR BLOCK CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off game from the Washington (game #1955). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $50 remain unclaimed, with roughly 45% of tickets sold, as published by the Washington. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.55. Our models put its expected value at 0.67 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.67 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.67 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 45% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 23.00% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~240 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 49th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$50K
2/4
50%
$1K
5/10
$500
5/10
$100
139/265
$50
34.7K/63.8K
$25
54.6K/100.4K
$10
121.9K/221.9K
$5
283.0K/507.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $5.85M — 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/$
YOU · 49th
USA: 49th percentileWA: 54th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 17Jun 26Jul 18Jul 26Aug 3Aug 13Aug 22Apr 280%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~04-28

Daily drainage

~23.00% / day

Days left (P50)

240 days

P10 / P90 range

168–336 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.67

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

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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