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Average valueActiveRED HOT MONEY · $10 · Washington Lottery
RED HOT MONEY: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.11 on average.
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $10 WA games
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#11 of 13 · $10 WA games
RED HOT MONEY is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.1%, down 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 72.9%. 1 of the original 3 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 57% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
71.1%
expected return
1 in 3.55
odds of any win
1 of 3
$250K top prizes left
57%
claimed · 1.2M of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 251,400 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 6,000 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.11 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.62 · 66.2% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $250K
$0.49 · 4.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
251,393 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
57% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.1M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 57%
894k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
43%
33% of top prizes remain with 43% 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 $10 WA peers
#11 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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