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Decent valueActive$1,000,000 SIZZLING RICHES · $20 · Washington Lottery
$1,000,000 SIZZLING RICHES: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.39 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $20 WA games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $20 WA games
$1,000,000 SIZZLING RICHES is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.0%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 76.8%. 3 of the original 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
77.0%
expected return
1 in 3.31
odds of any win
3 of 3
$1M jackpots left
2%
claimed · 31k of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 549,637 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $20
$25 – $200, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,440 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.48 · 67.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.26 · 1.3% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.65 · 8.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.7%
Just 3 tickets out of 1.8M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
549,489 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
1.8M
tickets printed
31k
tickets claimed · 2%
1.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
98%
100% of top prizes remain with only 98% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Washington Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 WA peers
#1 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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