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Average valueActiveSERIOUS MONEY · $30 · Washington Lottery
SERIOUS MONEY: Average value. A $30 ticket pays back $20.83 on average.
▼ -8.8 pts vs launch#4 of 6 · $30 WA games
▼ -8.8 pts vs launch#4 of 6 · $30 WA games
SERIOUS MONEY is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.4%, down 8.8 percentage points from the launch value of 78.2%. 0 of the original 4 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 3.4M printed tickets have been sold.
69.4%
expected return
1 in 2.86
odds of any win
0 of 4
$2M jackpots left
92%
claimed · 3.1M of 3.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 89,899 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $30
$40 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
65 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 6,593 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $20.83 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$20.77 · 69.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.06 · 0.2% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.4%
Just 0 tickets out of 257k carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
89,892 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
3.4M
tickets printed
3.1M
tickets claimed · 92%
257k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
8%
0% of top prizes remain with 8% 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 $30 WA peers
#4 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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