DC 5 ScratcherWashington DC Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
DC 5 Scratcher is a $5 ticket from the Washington DC Lottery. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $55,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 75,005, from 1 in 102,498 at launch. On ValueScore it earns 76/100 (Good), good for the top-ranked $5 ticket in Washington DC right now. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.20 are the best of the 6 $5 tickets Washington DC sells.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 102K at launch, about 1 in 75K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $55,000 prizes have been claimed.
- At 1 in 3.20 overall odds, prizes land more often than in most games.
- The larger prizes are well stocked, with plenty of top and mid-tier winners still out there.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| $5,500 | 8 | 6 | 75% |
| $500 | 192 | 142 | 74% |
| $50 | 774 | 568 | 73% |
| $30 | 2,045 | 1,474 | 72% |
| $20 | 6,104 | 4,469 | 73% |
| $10 | 24,416 | 17,835 | 73% |
| $5 | 30,520 | 22,382 | 73% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $55,000 top prizes left on May 10, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than 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
- 1661
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 5/6/2026
- Payout %
- 71.2%
- 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 (this game) | 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 | 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.