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Average valueActiveHIGH CARD POKER · $5 · Washington Lottery
HIGH CARD POKER: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.41 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#1 of 23 · $5 WA games
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#1 of 23 · $5 WA games
HIGH CARD POKER is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.2%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 67.6%. 2 of the original 4 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
68.2%
expected return
1 in 3.43
odds of any win
2 of 4
$50K top prizes left
72%
claimed · 1.5M of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 171,057 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 83,919 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.41 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.19 · 63.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.22 · 4.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
171,052 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.1M
tickets printed
1.5M
tickets claimed · 72%
587k
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
28%
50% of top prizes remain with only 28% 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 23
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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