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Decent valueActiveWASHINGTON MILLIONAIRE · $30 · Washington Lottery
WASHINGTON MILLIONAIRE: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.51 on average.
▼ -3.8 pts vs launch#2 of 6 · $30 WA games
▼ -3.8 pts vs launch#2 of 6 · $30 WA games
WASHINGTON MILLIONAIRE is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.0%, down 3.8 percentage points from the launch value of 78.9%. 1 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 49% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
75.0%
expected return
1 in 2.99
odds of any win
1 of 3
$2M jackpots left
49%
claimed · 900k of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 318,022 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $30
$40 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
67 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,626 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.51 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$20.33 · 67.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.08 · 0.3% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$2.10 · 7.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 951k 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
317,994 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
49% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
1.9M
tickets printed
900k
tickets claimed · 49%
951k
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
51%
33% of top prizes remain with 51% 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
#2 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
$2,000,000 DIAMOND Dazzler
78.9%
2
WASHINGTON MILLIONAIRE
75.0%
3
$5,000 FRENZY
73.6%
4
SERIOUS MONEY
69.4%
5
MAX-A-MILLION
67.8%
6
LUCKY TIMES 50
67.6%
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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