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Weak valueActivePAYDAY · $5 · Washington Lottery
PAYDAY: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.25 on average.
▼ -2.4 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $5 WA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:48 PM
▼ -2.4 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $5 WA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:48 PM
PAYDAY is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, down 2.4 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 1 of the original 4 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 2.5M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 3.38
odds of any win
1 of 4
$75K top prizes left
72%
claimed · 1.8M of 2.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 204,317 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
19 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 229,237 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.25 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.14 · 62.8% of price
Mid prizes $75K
$0.11 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
204,316 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.5M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 72%
688k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
28%
25% of top prizes remain with 28% 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 $5 WA peers
#9 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:48 PM.
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