SERIOUS MONEY — $30 Washington scratch-off ticket
WA · #1801 · $30

SERIOUS MONEY

Washington· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

60th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

0

$2,000,000 tier

% sold-through

93%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~95d

P10–P90: 67–133d

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SERIOUS MONEY is a $30 scratch-off game from the Washington (game #1801). As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $2M remain unclaimed, with roughly 93% of tickets sold, as published by the Washington. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 2.86. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.69 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 7.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~95 days at this pace.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 60th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$2M
0/4
0%
$10K
1/20
$1K
6/50
$500
30/558
$200
9.4K/132.7K
$150
121/1.7K
$100
2.0K/29.9K
$60
8.0K/113.1K
$50
16.3K/223.4K
$40
17.0K/223.4K
$30
32.7K/446.7K

Total unclaimed prize value: $5.09M — 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 · 60th
USA: 60th percentileWA: 70th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 18Jun 27Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 14Aug 23Dec 40%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~12-04

Daily drainage

~7.67% / day

Days left (P50)

95 days

P10 / P90 range

67–133 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.69

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -29%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 29% 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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