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Average valueActiveHIGH CARD POKER · $5 · Washington Lottery
HIGH CARD POKER: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.42 on average.
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#1 of 24 · $5 WA games
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#1 of 24 · $5 WA games
HIGH CARD POKER is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.4%, up 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 67.6%. 2 of the original 4 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
68.4%
expected return
1 in 3.43
odds of any win
2 of 4
$50K top prizes left
76%
claimed · 1.6M of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 150,182 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $200, 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 73,690 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.17 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.25 · 5.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
150,177 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
76% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.1M
tickets printed
1.6M
tickets claimed · 76%
516k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
24%
50% of top prizes remain with only 24% 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
#1 of 24
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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