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Average valueActiveKEYS AND CASH · $10 · Washington Lottery
KEYS AND CASH: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.85 on average.
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#12 of 13 · $10 WA games
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#12 of 13 · $10 WA games
KEYS AND CASH is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.5%, down 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 69.2%. 1 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 1.2M printed tickets have been sold.
68.5%
expected return
1 in 3.55
odds of any win
1 of 3
$25K top prizes left
46%
claimed · 536k of 1.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 178,610 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,859 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.85 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.75 · 67.5% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $25K
$0.10 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
178,605 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
1.2M
tickets printed
536k
tickets claimed · 46%
633k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
54%
33% 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 $10 WA peers
#12 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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