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Weak valueActiveCOLOR BLOCK CROSSWORD · $5 · Washington Lottery
COLOR BLOCK CROSSWORD: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.34 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 24 · $5 WA games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 24 · $5 WA games
COLOR BLOCK CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.8%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 2 of the original 4 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 3.2M printed tickets have been sold.
66.8%
expected return
1 in 3.55
odds of any win
2 of 4
$50K top prizes left
46%
claimed · 1.5M of 3.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 482,987 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
16 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 142,721 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.28 · 65.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.06 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
482,980 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
3.2M
tickets printed
1.5M
tickets claimed · 46%
1.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
54%
50% of top prizes remain with 54% 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
#8 of 24
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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