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Poor valueActiveBLACK CHERRY DOUBLER · $1 · Washington Lottery
BLACK CHERRY DOUBLER: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#5 of 7 · $1 WA games
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#5 of 7 · $1 WA games
BLACK CHERRY DOUBLER is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 1 of the original 4 $2,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 2.7M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 3.64
odds of any win
1 of 4
$2K top prizes left
77%
claimed · 2.1M of 2.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 166,191 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 602,802 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.58 · 57.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.00 · 0.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
166,190 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.7M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 77%
603k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
23%
25% of top prizes remain with only 23% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Washington Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $1 WA peers
#5 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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