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Poor valueActiveS'MORE SLINGO · $3 · Washington Lottery
S'MORE SLINGO: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.78 on average.
▼ -5.7 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $3 WA games
▼ -5.7 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $3 WA games
S'MORE SLINGO is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.3%, down 5.7 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 1 of the original 6 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 78% of the 3.8M printed tickets have been sold.
59.3%
expected return
1 in 4.17
odds of any win
1 of 6
$30K top prizes left
78%
claimed · 3M of 3.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 201,793 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 10,515 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.78 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.72 · 57.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.06 · 1.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
201,774 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
78% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
3.8M
tickets printed
3M
tickets claimed · 78%
841k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
17%
Tickets left
22%
17% of top prizes remain with 22% 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 $3 WA peers
#5 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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