WA · #1830 · $5

SILVER & GOLD CROSSWORD

Washington· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.59

USA percentile

18th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

85%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~8808d

P10–P90: 6166–12331d

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SILVER & GOLD CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off game from the Washington (game #1830). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $50 remains unclaimed, with roughly 85% 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 0.59 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.59 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.59 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 85% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~8808 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 18th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$50K
1/4
25%
$1K
2/15
$500
0/10
$100
17/215
$50
6.4K/62.9K
$25
10.9K/98.9K
$10
30.6K/218.6K
$5
81.4K/500.0K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.36M — 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 · 18th
USA: 18th percentileWA: 20th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Sep 160%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~09-16

Daily drainage

~0.17% / day

Days left (P50)

8808 days

P10 / P90 range

6166–12331 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.59

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +4%

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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