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Ranked 5th of 20 Tickets in Washington DC

$1,000 LoadedWashington DC Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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80
VALUESCORE
Excellent
$10Washington DCGame #1658GREEN
At a glance

$1,000 Loaded is a $10 ticket from the Washington DC Lottery. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $100,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 80,784, from 1 in 121,988 at launch. At launch, about 1 in 121,988 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.50
Exp. Value
$0.74
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$100,000
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
66%
ValueScore™
80 / 100
Excellent

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.74
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
It is 3rd of the 5 active $10 games in Washington DC, with better-than-average value overall.
Why
↑The bigger prize tiers here have plenty left to win.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 122K at launch, about 1 in 81K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $100,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • Little of the prize pool has been drained so far.
  • At $0.74 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$100,000
2 of 2 left
launch odds 1 in 122K
now ~1 in 81K
$1,000
137 of 208 left
launch odds 1 in 1,173
now ~1 in 1,179
$500
56 of 84 left
launch odds 1 in 2,904
now ~1 in 2,885
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
$100,00022
100%
$1,000208137
66%
$5008456
67%
$200309198
64%
$1001,342893
67%
$502,6171,724
66%
$258,1445,392
66%
$2024,44316,150
66%
$1032,55821,610
66%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$1,794,890
Current Prize Pool
$1,254,000
Payout Percentage
69.9%
Total Prizes Remaining
46,162

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
243,975
Estimated Remaining
161,567
% Remaining
66.2%
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

All 2 $100,000 top prizes left on April 5, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.

21
2
April 5October 19

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.8% 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

80
VALUESCORE
Excellent
80
out of 100
Expected Value
32/40
Prize Quality
22/25
Win Frequency
15/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1658
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
4/1/2026
Payout %
73.6%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.50 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the $1,000 Loaded scratch-off a good buy?
Yes. $1,000 Loaded has a ValueScore of 80/100 (Excellent) and is 3rd out of 5 $10 tickets in Washington DC. It pays back about $0.74 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the $1,000 Loaded scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with $1,000 Loaded are 1 in 3.50. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for $1,000 Loaded?
The top prize for $1,000 Loaded is $100,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $10 ticket in Washington DC

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Wild Cherry911 in 3.4674.6%$100K · 2-
Red Hot 10s841 in 3.2773.6%$100K · 20.8%
$1,000 Loaded (this game)801 in 3.5073.6%$100K · 20.8%
Washington Commanders781 in 3.7173.4%$100K · 21.0%
$50, $250 or $500651 in 7.3773.3%$500 · 61-

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.