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Ranked 20th of 64 Tickets in Washington

RED HOT MONEYWashington Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Washington Lottery
55
VALUESCORE
Fair
$10WashingtonGame #1997GREEN
At a glance

RED HOT MONEY costs $10 a ticket from the Washington Lottery. 50% of its winning tickets pay $10 or less, no more than the ticket cost. Prizes of $10,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 116,437 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.55
Exp. Value
$0.73
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$250,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
30%
ValueScore™
55 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.73
→
AVERAGE
Middle of the pack: #20 of the 64 active games we track in Washington.
Why
→Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
  • At 1 in 3.55, winning tickets turn up less often than usual.
  • Inventory is about half depleted, but a fair number of prizes are still out there.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$250,000
1 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 699K
now ~1 in 631K
$75,000
1 of 5 left
launch odds 1 in 419K
now ~1 in 631K
$10,000
3 of 10 left
launch odds 1 in 210K
now ~1 in 210K
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
$250,00031
33%
$75,00051
20%
$10,000103
30%
$500353100
28%
$200697210
30%
$10042,48012,156
29%
$5042,63812,357
29%
$2542,83412,938
30%
$20167,85549,936
30%
$10293,51090,033
31%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$15,283,850
Current Prize Pool
$4,502,950
Payout Percentage
29.5%
Total Prizes Remaining
177,735

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
2,095,867
Estimated Remaining
630,959
% Remaining
30.1%
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 April 13, when our records for it began, 2 $250,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on July 13.

30
3
2
1
April 13October 19
  • July 13, 20261 claimed · 1 left
  • May 30, 20261 claimed · 2 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Washington's $10 games (1.3% 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

55
VALUESCORE
Fair
55
out of 100
Expected Value
31/40
Prize Quality
8/25
Win Frequency
8/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1997
Ticket Price
$10
Payout %
72.9%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.55 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the RED HOT MONEY scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. RED HOT MONEY scores 55/100 (Fair) and is 4th of Washington's 11 $10 tickets, in the top third. It pays back about $0.73 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $10 tickets are listed on the Washington rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the RED HOT MONEY scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with RED HOT MONEY are 1 in 3.55. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for RED HOT MONEY?
The top prize for RED HOT MONEY is $250,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in RED HOT MONEY?
Based on our latest data, 30% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 177,735 out of 590,385 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $10 ticket in Washington

All 11 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN751 in 3.7972.9%$250K · 3-
MONEYBAG MULTIPLIER591 in 3.4673.0%$200K · 24.8%
CUBE CROSSWORD551 in 3.5473.2%$250K · 21.8%
RED HOT MONEY (this game)551 in 3.5572.9%$250K · 11.5%
$1,000 FRENZY501 in 3.5573.0%$1K · 1540.3%
KEYS AND CASH491 in 3.5569.2%$25K · 12.9%
$250,000 LOTERIA 8TH EDITION471 in 3.6172.9%$250K · 11.9%
GO FOR THE GREEN461 in 3.4772.9%$250K · 10.0%
TRIPLE JACKPOT451 in 3.5573.0%$250K · 10.0%
PINK PANTHER CROSSWORD441 in 3.5473.0%$250K · 10.0%

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.