Black PearlsWashington DC Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Black Pearls is one of the Washington DC Lottery's $5 games. Our estimate for the $50,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 148,936 per ticket, from 1 in 122,367 at launch. At 1 in 4.17, its overall odds are the longest of Washington DC's 6 $5 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 122K at launch, about 1 in 149K now. The $50,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Middling prize quality: a fair number of the bigger prizes are still in play.
- Expected value of $0.71 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| $5,000 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $1,000 | 8 | 7 | 88% |
| $500 | 33 | 19 | 58% |
| $200 | 39 | 26 | 67% |
| $100 | 617 | 366 | 59% |
| $50 | 2,028 | 1,220 | 60% |
| $25 | 2,722 | 1,602 | 59% |
| $20 | 7,357 | 4,486 | 61% |
| $10 | 21,440 | 13,054 | 61% |
| $5 | 24,440 | 14,934 | 61% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since April 5, when our records for it began, one $50,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on June 7.
- June 7, 20261 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.9% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Washington DC'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
Game Details
- State
- Washington DC
- Game Number
- 1656
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 4/1/2026
- Payout %
- 70.5%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in Washington DC
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC 5 Scratcher | 76 | 1 in 3.20 | 71.2% | $55K · 2 | 0.5% |
| Electric Cash | 70 | 1 in 3.55 | 70.5% | $50K · 2 | 1.2% |
| Washington Commanders Raise Hail | 60 | 1 in 3.99 | 70.1% | $50K · 1 | 1.6% |
| Black Pearls (this game) | 57 | 1 in 4.17 | 70.5% | $50K · 1 | 0.9% |
| Lady Luck | 55 | 1 in 3.91 | 70.5% | $50K · 1 | 1.0% |
| Celebrate America | 53 | 1 in 3.82 | 70.4% | $250 · 435 | 1.0% |
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.