RED HOT MONEY — $10 Washington scratch-off ticket
WA · #1997 · $10

RED HOT MONEY

Washington· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.71

USA percentile

68th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

1

$250,000 tier

% sold-through

59%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~164d

P10–P90: 115–230d

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RED HOT MONEY is a $10 scratch-off game from the Washington (game #1997). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $250 remains unclaimed, with roughly 59% 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 0.71 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.71 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.71 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.33% of $250,000 prizes still unclaimed at 59% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 25.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~164 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 68th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$250K
1/3
33%
$75K
2/5
$10K
4/10
$500
139/353
$200
279/697
$100
17.0K/42.5K
$50
17.2K/42.6K
$25
17.8K/42.8K
$20
68.8K/167.9K
$10
122.7K/293.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $6.17M — 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 · 68th
USA: 68th percentileWA: 72th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 18Jun 27Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 14Aug 23Feb 110%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~02-11

Daily drainage

~25.17% / day

Days left (P50)

164 days

P10 / P90 range

115–230 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.71

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -6%

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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