PAYDAY — $5 Washington scratch-off ticket
WA · #1975 · $5

PAYDAY

Washington· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.60

USA percentile

21th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

0

$75,000 tier

% sold-through

87%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~180d

P10–P90: 126–252d

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PAYDAY is a $5 scratch-off game from the Washington (game #1975). As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $75 remain unclaimed, with roughly 87% of tickets sold, as published by the Washington. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.38. Our models put its expected value at 0.60 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.60 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.60 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.Current daily drainage rate is 7.00% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~180 days at this pace.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 21st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$75K
0/4
0%
$500
1/10
$100
123/1.2K
$75
176/1.5K
$50
5.4K/50.6K
$30
653/6.3K
$25
512/4.9K
$20
5.2K/49.4K
$10
20.6K/172.7K
$5
59.7K/444.3K

Total unclaimed prize value: $934,930 — 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 · 21th
USA: 21th percentileWA: 24th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 17Jun 26Jul 18Jul 26Aug 3Aug 13Aug 22Feb 270%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~02-27

Daily drainage

~7.00% / day

Days left (P50)

180 days

P10 / P90 range

126–252 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.60

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -34%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 34% 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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