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Weak valueActiveSTELLAR CROSSWORD · $3 · Washington Lottery
STELLAR CROSSWORD: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.94 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $3 WA games
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $3 WA games
STELLAR CROSSWORD is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.7%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 4 of the original 5 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 18% of the 2.6M printed tickets have been sold.
64.7%
expected return
1 in 3.91
odds of any win
4 of 5
$30K top prizes left
18%
claimed · 455k of 2.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 545,699 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$5 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 152,368 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.94 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $250
$1.88 · 62.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.06 · 2.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $250 wins
545,685 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
18% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.6M
tickets printed
455k
tickets claimed · 18%
2.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
82%
80% of top prizes remain with 82% 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
#2 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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