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Ranked 24th of 64 Tickets in Washington

PICK YOUR POTIONWashington Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Washington Lottery
51
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5WashingtonGame #2011GREEN
At a glance

PICK YOUR POTION costs $5 a ticket from the Washington Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $50,000 prize now runs about 1 in 630,148 by our estimate, against 1 in 307,469 at launch. Most of its wins only cover the ticket: 62% of winners pay $5 or less.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.34
Exp. Value
$0.67
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$50,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
51%
ValueScore™
51 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.67
→
AVERAGE
At 24th out of 64 Washington scratch-offs, it neither stands out nor falls behind.
Why
→Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 307K at launch, about 1 in 630K now. The $50,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • At $0.67 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.
  • Little of the prize pool has been drained so far.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$50,000
1 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 307K
now ~1 in 630K
$1,000
4 of 6 left
launch odds 1 in 205K
now ~1 in 158K
$500
2 of 8 left
launch odds 1 in 154K
now ~1 in 315K
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
$50,00041
25%
$1,00064
67%
$50082
25%
$10012661
48%
$7510051
51%
$5025,06412,200
49%
$308,2594,075
49%
$253,1031,525
49%
$2012,3006,106
50%
$156,1703,104
50%
$1085,92043,265
50%
$5227,166118,273
52%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$4,142,225
Current Prize Pool
$2,027,995
Payout Percentage
49.0%
Total Prizes Remaining
188,667

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
1,229,875
Estimated Remaining
630,148
% Remaining
51.2%
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 August 18, when our records for it began, 3 $50,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on October 14.

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4
3
2
1
August 18October 19
  • October 14, 20261 claimed · 1 left
  • September 25, 20261 claimed · 2 left
  • September 16, 20261 claimed · 3 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 5.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 5 times the average for Washington's $5 games (1.1% 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

51
VALUESCORE
Fair
51
out of 100
Expected Value
14/40
Prize Quality
9/25
Win Frequency
17/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
2011
Ticket Price
$5
Payout %
67.4%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.34 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the PICK YOUR POTION scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. PICK YOUR POTION scores 51/100 (Fair) and is 8th of the 21 active $5 games in Washington. It pays back about $0.67 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the Washington rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the PICK YOUR POTION scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with PICK YOUR POTION are 1 in 3.34. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for PICK YOUR POTION?
The top prize for PICK YOUR POTION is $50,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.

Every $5 ticket in Washington

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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 Cash571 in 3.3367.5%$50K · 21.0%
SASQUATCHIN BUCKS541 in 3.3367.4%$50K · 23.0%
PICK YOUR POTION (this game)511 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.