WA · #1986 · $1

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

Washington· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.58

USA percentile

13th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$1,000 tier

% sold-through

73%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~160d

P10–P90: 112–224d

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WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER is a $1 scratch-off game from the Washington (game #1986). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $1 remains unclaimed, with roughly 73% of tickets sold, as published by the Washington. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.70. Our models put its expected value at 0.58 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.58 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.58 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.25% of $1,000 prizes still unclaimed at 73% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 16.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~160 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 13th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$1K
1/4
25%
$250
8/69
$100
13/86
$50
34/227
$30
78/452
$20
533/2.6K
$10
1.5K/6.8K
$5
15.1K/64.4K
$3
46.9K/186.4K
$2
36.4K/139.0K
$1
94.9K/332.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $417,907 — 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 · 13th
USA: 13th percentileWA: 6th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Jan 120%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~01-12

Daily drainage

~16.67% / day

Days left (P50)

160 days

P10 / P90 range

112–224 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.58

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -15%

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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