WA · #1959 · $5

WITCHES BREW BUCKS

Washington· scanned 21d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.71

USA percentile

69th

of 1,870 games

Top prizes left

1

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

81%

2026-06-01

Forecast sellout

~4340d

P10–P90: 3038–6076d

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WITCHES BREW BUCKS is a $5 scratch-off game from the Washington (game #1959). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $50 remains unclaimed, with roughly 81% of tickets sold, as published by the Washington. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.34. 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. 1.25% of $50,000 prizes still unclaimed at 81% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.43% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~4340 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 69th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$50K
1/4
25%
$1K
1/6
$500
2/8
$100
19/123
$75
17/102
$50
5.7K/25.1K
$30
1.4K/8.3K
$25
501/3.1K
$20
2.1K/12.3K
$15
1.0K/6.2K
$10
15.1K/85.8K
$5
42.7K/227.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $814,930 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,870 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 · 69th
USA: 69th percentileWA: 70th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 23May 25May 28May 30Jun 1May 100%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~05-10

Daily drainage

~0.43% / day

Days left (P50)

4340 days

P10 / P90 range

3038–6076 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.71

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d

Price vs EV — WA field

61 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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