Lady LuckWashington DC Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Washington DC Lottery sells Lady Luck as a $5 ticket. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $50,000 prize now runs about 1 in 140,991 by our estimate, against 1 in 120,020 at launch. At a ValueScore of 55/100 (Fair), it is 5th of the 6 active $5 games in Washington DC.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 120K at launch, about 1 in 141K now. The $50,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- $0.71 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
- Prize quality is fair, with some of the bigger winners already claimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| $500 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| $200 | 24 | 13 | 54% |
| $100 | 34 | 21 | 62% |
| $50 | 342 | 189 | 55% |
| $25 | 7,017 | 4,103 | 58% |
| $20 | 11,992 | 6,980 | 58% |
| $10 | 17,988 | 10,505 | 58% |
| $5 | 23,984 | 14,240 | 59% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on March 6, one $50,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on April 19.
- April 19, 20261 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1% 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
- 1655
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 3/4/2026
- 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 | 57 | 1 in 4.17 | 70.5% | $50K · 1 | 0.9% |
| Lady Luck (this game) | 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.