WA · #1997 · $10

RED HOT MONEY

Washington· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.72

USA percentile

70th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$250,000 tier

% sold-through

51%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~150d

P10–P90: 105–210d

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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 51% 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 0.72 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.72 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.72 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 51% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 32.33% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~150 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 70th 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
3/5
$10K
5/10
$500
164/353
$200
330/697
$100
20.2K/42.5K
$50
20.3K/42.6K
$25
20.8K/42.8K
$20
81.1K/167.9K
$10
144.0K/293.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $7.29M — 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/$
WA median0.65 EV/$
YOU · 70th
USA: 70th percentileWA: 72th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 29Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19Jun 26Jul 16Jul 23Jul 30Jan 20%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~01-02

Daily drainage

~32.33% / day

Days left (P50)

150 days

P10 / P90 range

105–210 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.72

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -1%

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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