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Ranked 16th of 64 Tickets in Washington

Carnival CashWashington Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Washington Lottery
57
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5WashingtonGame #1957GREEN
At a glance

Carnival Cash costs $5 a ticket from the Washington Lottery. Most of its wins only cover the ticket: 62% of winners pay $5 or less. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 216,496 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.33
Exp. Value
$0.68
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$50,000
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
47%
ValueScore™
57 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.68
→
AVERAGE
A typical $5 ticket, ranked #16 of 64 in Washington, better than about 77% of the state's games.
Why
→Expected value lands near the pack at $0.68 per $1 spent.
  • Prize quality is fair, with some of the bigger winners already claimed.
  • This game is partway played through, with a fair share of prizes remaining.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$50,000
2 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 541K
now ~1 in 513K
$1,000
3 of 6 left
launch odds 1 in 361K
now ~1 in 342K
$500
5 of 10 left
launch odds 1 in 216K
now ~1 in 205K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeTotalLeftStatus
$50,00042
50%
$1,00063
50%
$500105
50%
$1002,3061,031
45%
$5043,63319,797
45%
$3014,4856,649
46%
$255,3982,512
47%
$2021,6249,957
46%
$1510,8125,105
47%
$10151,52871,077
47%
$5400,332192,172
48%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$7,304,350
Current Prize Pool
$3,408,065
Payout Percentage
46.7%
Total Prizes Remaining
308,310

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
2,164,960
Estimated Remaining
1,026,673
% Remaining
47.4%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since May 18, when our records for it began, 2 $50,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on July 16.

41
4
3
2
May 18October 19
  • July 16, 20261 claimed · 2 left
  • June 11, 20261 claimed · 3 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than the average for Washington's $5 games (1.4% a 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

57
VALUESCORE
Fair
57
out of 100
Expected Value
19/40
Prize Quality
12/25
Win Frequency
17/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1957
Ticket Price
$5
Payout %
67.5%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.33 overall odds
✓ Accounts for prizes already claimed

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Carnival Cash scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Carnival Cash scores 57/100 (Fair) and is 6th among the 21 $5 games Washington sells. It pays back about $0.68 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the Washington rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Carnival Cash scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Carnival Cash are 1 in 3.33. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Carnival Cash?
The top prize for Carnival Cash is $50,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $5 ticket in Washington

All 21 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
WARM WINTER WISHES TRIPLER!791 in 3.3467.6%$50K · 4-
LOTERIA GRANDE 14TH EDITION791 in 3.3267.5%$50K · 31.7%
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS641 in 3.4167.5%$50K · 24.4%
MONEY MAKER SLINGO TRIO 3RD ED621 in 3.3767.4%$50K · 21.9%
EXTRA PLAY601 in 3.4767.5%$75K · 32.9%
Carnival Cash (this game)571 in 3.3367.5%$50K · 21.0%
SASQUATCHIN BUCKS541 in 3.3367.4%$50K · 23.0%
PICK YOUR POTION511 in 3.3467.4%$50K · 15.4%
HOT & COLD NUMBERS491 in 3.4867.5%$50K · 10.0%
$500 FRENZY481 in 3.3567.5%$500 · 1630.1%

Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.