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Strong valueActiveSERIOUS MONEY · $30 · Washington Lottery
SERIOUS MONEY: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.60 on average.
▲ +3.8 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $30 WA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM
▲ +3.8 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $30 WA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM
SERIOUS MONEY is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 82.0%, up 3.8 percentage points from the launch value of 78.2%. 1 of the original 4 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 3.4M printed tickets have been sold.
82.0%
expected return
1 in 2.86
odds of any win
1 of 4
$2M jackpots left
83%
claimed · 2.8M of 3.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 193,432 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $30
$40 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
65 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,371 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.60 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$20.90 · 69.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.09 · 0.3% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$3.61 · 12.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 553k carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
193,417 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
3.4M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 83%
553k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
17%
25% of top prizes remain with only 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 $30 WA peers
#1 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM.
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