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Weak valueActiveMONSTER MONEY · $1 · Washington Lottery
MONSTER MONEY: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.61 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $1 WA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $1 WA games
MONSTER MONEY is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 3 of the original 4 $2,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 3% of the 1.6M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 3.91
odds of any win
3 of 4
$2K top prizes left
3%
claimed · 41k of 1.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 396,475 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 516,586 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.61 · 60.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.00 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
396,472 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
3% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
1.6M
tickets printed
41k
tickets claimed · 3%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
97%
75% of top prizes remain with 97% 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
#1 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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