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Average valueActiveRED HOT MONEY · $10 · Washington Lottery
RED HOT MONEY: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.13 on average.
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#10 of 13 · $10 WA games
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#10 of 13 · $10 WA games
RED HOT MONEY is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.3%, down 1.6 percentage points from the launch value of 72.9%. 1 of the original 3 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 2.1M printed tickets have been sold.
71.3%
expected return
1 in 3.55
odds of any win
1 of 3
$250K top prizes left
60%
claimed · 1.3M of 2.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 236,165 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 5,957 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.13 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.61 · 66.1% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $250K
$0.52 · 5.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
236,158 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.1M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 60%
840k
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
40%
33% of top prizes remain with 40% 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
#10 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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