DC 3 ScratcherWashington DC Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Washington DC Lottery sells DC 3 Scratcher as a $3 ticket. By our estimate the $35,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 56,187 per ticket, down from 1 in 74,619. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 14,924 tickets.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 75K at launch, about 1 in 56K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $35,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Win rate is typical, around 26% per ticket (1 in 3.84).
- Strong prize quality: a healthy share of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| $3,500 | 8 | 7 | 88% |
| $500 | 58 | 40 | 69% |
| $50 | 733 | 543 | 74% |
| $30 | 1,688 | 1,249 | 74% |
| $20 | 4,850 | 3,637 | 75% |
| $10 | 7,275 | 5,488 | 75% |
| $6 | 9,700 | 7,317 | 75% |
| $3 | 14,550 | 10,981 | 75% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $35,000 top prizes left on May 10, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week.
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Washington DC
- Game Number
- 1659
- Ticket Price
- $3
- Start Date
- 5/6/2026
- Payout %
- 66.8%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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