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Ranked 49th of 64 Tickets in Washington

PAYDAYWashington Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Washington Lottery
34
VALUESCORE
Below Avg
$5WashingtonGame #1975GREEN
At a glance

PAYDAY costs $5 a ticket from the Washington Lottery. Most of its wins only cover the ticket: 61% of winners pay $5 or less. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 11% of prizes remain. With a ValueScore of 34/100 (Below Avg), it is 20th of the 21 active $5 games in Washington.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.38
Exp. Value
$0.67
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$75,000
Top Prizes Left
0
Prizes Remaining
11%
ValueScore™
34 / 100
Below Avg

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.67
↓
BELOW AVERAGE
Weak value right now at #49 of the 64 active games we track in Washington. Check the higher-ranked games in Washington first.
Why
↓Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
  • Most of this game's prizes are gone.
  • At $0.67 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$75,000
0 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 618K
All claimed
$500
1 of 10 left
launch odds 1 in 247K
now ~1 in 283K
$100
111 of 1,242 left
launch odds 1 in 1,989
now ~1 in 2,549
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
$75,00040Claimed
$500101
10%
$1001,242111
9%
$751,505152
10%
$5050,5904,872
10%
$306,336601
9%
$254,927460
9%
$2049,3584,674
9%
$10172,70018,610
11%
$5444,32854,233
12%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$8,320,630
Current Prize Pool
$846,875
Payout Percentage
10.2%
Total Prizes Remaining
83,714

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
2,470,780
Estimated Remaining
282,953
% Remaining
11.5%
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

The last $75,000 top prize was reported claimed on August 15. 3 were left on March 6, when our records for it began.

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3
2
1
0
March 6October 19
  • August 15, 20261 claimed · 0 left
  • June 21, 20261 claimed · 1 left
  • May 1, 20261 claimed · 2 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below 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

34
VALUESCORE
Below Avg
34
out of 100
Expected Value
13/40
Prize Quality
2/25
Win Frequency
14/20
Inventory Health
4/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1975
Ticket Price
$5
Payout %
67.4%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.38 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the PAYDAY scratch-off a good buy?
Probably not. PAYDAY scores 34/100 (Below Average) and is 20th of the 21 active $5 games in Washington. It pays back about $0.67 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the PAYDAY scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with PAYDAY are 1 in 3.38. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for PAYDAY?
The top prize for PAYDAY is $75,000. All top prizes have already been claimed. This game no longer has a top prize available, so you may want to consider a different game.
How many prizes are left in PAYDAY?
Based on our latest data, 11% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 83,714 out of 731,000 total). The vast majority of prizes have been claimed. This game is close to being retired.

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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.