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Weak valueActiveBANK HEIST · $5 · Washington Lottery
BANK HEIST: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.15 on average.
▼ -4.4 pts vs launch#12 of 20 · $5 WA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:48 AM
▼ -4.4 pts vs launch#12 of 20 · $5 WA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:48 AM
BANK HEIST is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, down 4.4 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 1 of the original 4 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 2.2M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 3.48
odds of any win
1 of 4
$50K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 1.7M of 2.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 159,575 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
18 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 23,249 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.15 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.03 · 60.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.12 · 2.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
159,572 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.2M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 75%
558k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
25%
25% of top prizes remain with 25% 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 $5 WA peers
#12 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:48 AM.
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