WA · #1936 · $5

HOT & COLD NUMBERS

Washington· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.65

USA percentile

43th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

67%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~6528d

P10–P90: 4570–9139d

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HOT & COLD NUMBERS is a $5 scratch-off game from the Washington (game #1936). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $50 remains unclaimed, with roughly 67% of tickets sold, as published by the Washington. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.48. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.65 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.25% of $50,000 prizes still unclaimed at 67% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~6528 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 43rd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$50K
1/4
25%
$15K
1/5
$1K
1/5
$500
34/94
$100
345/1.1K
$75
414/1.3K
$50
13.8K/45.3K
$30
2.4K/7.7K
$25
1.4K/4.4K
$20
13.8K/44.2K
$10
49.6K/154.8K
$5
125.4K/375.6K

Total unclaimed prize value: $2.35M — 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 · 43th
USA: 43th percentileWA: 46th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Jun 190%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~06-19

Daily drainage

~0.50% / day

Days left (P50)

6528 days

P10 / P90 range

4570–9139 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.65

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +12%

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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