Electric CashWashington DC Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Washington DC Lottery sells Electric Cash as a $5 ticket. By our estimate the $50,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 90,154 per ticket, down from 1 in 120,892. 53% of its winning tickets pay $5 or less, no more than the ticket cost. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.55 beat the 1 in 3.91 typical of Washington DC's $5 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 121K at launch, about 1 in 90K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $50,000 prizes have been claimed.
- The larger prizes are well stocked, with plenty of top and mid-tier winners still out there.
- Wins hit often: about a 28% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 3.55), better than most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| $1,000 | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| $500 | 26 | 18 | 69% |
| $100 | 443 | 331 | 75% |
| $50 | 1,082 | 784 | 72% |
| $25 | 6,025 | 4,487 | 74% |
| $20 | 6,053 | 4,473 | 74% |
| $10 | 18,165 | 13,480 | 74% |
| $5 | 36,306 | 27,211 | 75% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $50,000 top prizes left on July 5, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Washington DC's $5 games (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
- 1666
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 7/1/2026
- 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 (this game) | 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.