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Poor valueActiveSILVER & GOLD CROSSWORD · $5 · Washington Lottery
SILVER & GOLD CROSSWORD: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.96 on average.
▼ -8.2 pts vs launch#17 of 20 · $5 WA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▼ -8.2 pts vs launch#17 of 20 · $5 WA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
SILVER & GOLD CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.2%, down 8.2 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 1 of the original 4 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 3.1M printed tickets have been sold.
59.2%
expected return
1 in 3.5
odds of any win
1 of 4
$50K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 2.7M of 3.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 130,853 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
18 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 154,063 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.96 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.85 · 57.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.11 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
130,850 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
3.1M
tickets printed
2.7M
tickets claimed · 85%
462k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
15%
25% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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
#17 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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