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Weak valueActiveQUEEN OF HEARTS · $5 · Washington Lottery
QUEEN OF HEARTS: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.02 on average.
▼ -7.2 pts vs launch#14 of 20 · $5 WA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:48 AM
▼ -7.2 pts vs launch#14 of 20 · $5 WA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:48 AM
QUEEN OF HEARTS is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.4%, down 7.2 percentage points from the launch value of 67.6%. 0 of the original 4 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
60.4%
expected return
1 in 3.36
odds of any win
0 of 4
$50K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 1.8M of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 105,776 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
19 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 178,973 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.02 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.02 · 60.4% of price
Mid prizes $50K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
105,776 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.1M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 83%
358k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
17%
0% of top prizes remain with 17% 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
#14 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:48 AM.
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