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Weak valueActiveSASQUATCHIN BUCKS · $5 · Washington Lottery
SASQUATCHIN BUCKS: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.35 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#6 of 23 · $5 WA games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#6 of 23 · $5 WA games
SASQUATCHIN BUCKS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.0%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 3 of the original 4 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 31% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
67.0%
expected return
1 in 3.33
odds of any win
3 of 4
$50K top prizes left
31%
claimed · 564k of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 372,238 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $200, 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 103,172 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.35 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.23 · 64.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.12 · 2.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
372,231 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
31% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
1.8M
tickets printed
564k
tickets claimed · 31%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
69%
75% of top prizes remain with only 69% 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
#6 of 23
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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