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Weak valueActiveEXTRA PLAY · $5 · Washington Lottery
EXTRA PLAY: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 24 · $5 WA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 24 · $5 WA games
EXTRA PLAY is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 3 of the original 4 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 37% of the 2.5M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 3.47
odds of any win
3 of 4
$75K top prizes left
37%
claimed · 916k of 2.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 446,006 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
17 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 172,268 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.22 · 64.5% of price
Mid prizes $75K
$0.15 · 2.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
446,003 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
37% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.5M
tickets printed
916k
tickets claimed · 37%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
63%
75% of top prizes remain with only 63% 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
#5 of 24
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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