Washington · Game #1970

WASHINGTON MILLIONAIRE

$30per ticket

Sale status unconfirmed · Lottery report Oct 15, 2026 · Lottery game update Oct 15, 2026

Latest lottery dataData updated Oct 15, 2026

Game summary

What to know about this ticket

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Our estimate

Average payout

$23.29

Across lots of tickets, we estimate an average of $23.29 back for each $30 ticket.

$0.78 back per $1 spent · -$6.71 after the ticket cost

$0.02 highervs Oct 14, 2026
What does this mean?
Think of a big pile of tickets: this is the prize money per ticket on average. It doesn’t tell you what your next ticket will pay.
Our estimate

Payout without the jackpot

$20.37

For a $30 ticket, the estimated average payout is $20.37 when the $2,000,000 top prize is treated as $0.

Return vs. ticket price, without the jackpot: -32.1%

<$0.01 highervs Oct 14, 2026
What does this mean?
Big jackpots can make a ticket's average look much better even though winning one is extremely unlikely. This number shows its estimated value if the biggest prize pays $0.
Our estimate

Chance of Any Prize

33.4%

About 1 in 2.99 remaining tickets

Includes the top prize and prizes that only return your ticket cost. A prize does not necessarily mean a profit.

<0.01 points highervs Oct 14, 2026
What does this mean?
This estimates the chance that a remaining ticket has any published prize. A winning ticket may only break even, so this is not your chance of making money.
From the lottery

Top prize

$2,000,000

1 still unclaimed in the lottery data.

No changevs Oct 14, 2026
What does this mean?
How many of the game's biggest prizes the lottery says are still unclaimed. This does not establish whether tickets are still for sale.
Our estimate

Chance of coming out ahead

20.1%

A prize worth more than the ticket price. Winning your ticket cost back doesn’t count as coming out ahead.

Our estimate

Chance of the top prize

<0.1%

About 1 in 685,976.03 remaining tickets. This is an estimate.

Remaining prizes and tickets

What’s left in this game

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Worked out from lottery data

Unclaimed prizes

229,365

Out of 619,127 prizes in the source table.

37.0% left389,762 already paid

1,623 fewervs Oct 14, 2026

Counts include tickets already sold whose prizes haven’t been claimed.

From the lottery

Top prizes left

1

Out of 3 top prizes originally.

33.3% left2 no longer remaining

No changevs Oct 14, 2026

From the lottery report for this game.

Our estimate

Estimated tickets left

685,976

1,851,660 tickets printed originally, according to the lottery.

4,854 fewervs Oct 14, 2026

Tickets left are an estimate. Unclaimed prizes don’t tell us exactly how many tickets are still for sale.

We use lottery data to estimate average payouts and tickets left. These are estimates, not promises about your next ticket. See how we work it out →

Original vs. current

Original and current numbers

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Odds of any prize

Original at launch
1 in 2.9933.4% chance · Lottery-published
Latest estimate
1 in 2.9933.4% chance · PrizeGauge estimate

0.01 percentage points lower than launch

Average prize payout

Original at launch
$23.66Per ticket · Worked out from original data
Latest estimate
$23.29Per ticket · PrizeGauge estimate

$0.37 per ticket lower than launch

A smaller “1 in” number means a higher chance. Any prize includes prizes that only return the ticket cost. Original odds may be rounded; current values are estimates, not guaranteed outcomes.

Compare the price and average payouts

Here’s how the ticket price compares with the average prize payout we estimate. Your ticket could pay more, less, or nothing.

Ticket costs
$30.00
Estimated average payout
$23.29
Without the top prize
$20.37
What do these numbers mean?
From the lottery

Published by the lottery.

Worked out from lottery data

Worked out from the lottery’s own numbers.

Our estimate

Our best estimate, using data and assumptions we explain.

Average payout
Think of a big pile of tickets: this is the prize money per ticket on average. It doesn’t tell you what your next ticket will pay.
Return vs. ticket price
How the estimated average payout stacks up against what you spend. A minus sign means the average payout is less than the ticket price.
Payout without the jackpot
Big jackpots can make a ticket's average look much better even though winning one is extremely unlikely. This number shows its estimated value if the biggest prize pays $0.
Chance of Any Prize
This estimates the chance that a remaining ticket has any published prize. A winning ticket may only break even, so this is not your chance of making money.
Top Prizes Left
How many of the game's biggest prizes the lottery says are still unclaimed. This does not establish whether tickets are still for sale.
Estimated Tickets Left
Our estimate of how many tickets may remain. The lottery does not publish this exact number, and sold but unclaimed tickets can affect it.
How reliable is the estimate?
How much trust to put in the estimate. It is not your chance of winning. Unknown means we don’t have a rating.
What does this mean?
Each ticket is a gamble. Better-looking numbers don’t promise a winning ticket.
Take a closer look: prizes, calculations & sources

The numbers behind the ticket

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Our estimate

Estimated average payout today

$23.29

Estimated prize payout per ticket

Our estimate

EV Without the Top Prize

$20.37

Average prize value after treating the biggest prize as $0

Our estimate

ROI Without the Top Prize

-32.1%

How that alternate average payout compares with ticket price

Worked out from lottery data

Original EV

$23.66

Launch payout from published inputs

Our estimate

Modeled ROI

-22.4%

Estimated net return / ticket price

Our estimate

Average payout per $1 spent

$0.78

A 70¢ payout per $1 spent means a 30¢ average loss

Our estimate

Average return after the ticket cost

-$6.71

Estimated average prize payout minus the ticket price

From the lottery

Top prizes remaining

1

Original top prizes: 3

Our estimate

Estimated Tickets Left

685,976

An estimate, not an exact count from the lottery

Our estimate

Analytics availability

Launch: available

Full current EV: available

Without top prize: available

Chance of any prize: available

Confidence rating not published

We use lottery data to estimate average payouts and tickets left. These are estimates, not promises about your next ticket. See how we work it out →

How this estimate was made

Launch basis: official initial structure. Inventory basis: official initial structure.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

Model assumptions
  • At least two tiers with 500 or more original prizes estimate remaining ticket inventory, weighted by original prize count; prize claims can lag ticket sales.

What goes into this estimate

Uses the complete prize table and changes in prize counts.

Original prize table: complete. Remaining prize table: complete.

See calculated counts and prize-value assumptions

These are the model’s inputs. A calculated or estimated count is separate from the literal count in the prize table.

Count and value inputs considered by the model
Prize wordingValue usedOriginal count usedRemaining count used
$2,000,000$2,000,000.00Published cash value3Published count1Published count
$10,000$10,000.00Published cash value6Published count3Published count
$1,000$1,000.00Published cash value40Published count14Published count
$500$500.00Published cash value1,090Published count394Published count
$200$200.00Published cash value62,337Published count22,944Published count
$100$100.00Published cash value61,875Published count22,798Published count
$50$50.00Published cash value123,444Published count45,643Published count
$40$40.00Published cash value123,444Published count45,790Published count
$30$30.00Published cash value246,888Published count91,778Published count

From the official source

The lottery’s prize table

Original overall odds: 1 in 2.99

These are the source’s published rows. A dash means the count is not published. Calculated original totals are labeled, and any derived remaining counts appear separately in the model inputs.

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Prize amounts and counts from this report. Current odds and average payout contributions, where shown, are estimates.
PrizeOriginal prizesPrizes already paidRemaining prizes
$2,000,000
Count sources & details
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC
Response fingerprintda20282cbc1dd0fa6d2e9e1e7fc1a77391d43b0feccbf9e2f3583283159b3d83
32133.3% of 3 left
$10,000
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC
Response fingerprintda20282cbc1dd0fa6d2e9e1e7fc1a77391d43b0feccbf9e2f3583283159b3d83
63350.0% of 6 left
$1,000
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC
Response fingerprintda20282cbc1dd0fa6d2e9e1e7fc1a77391d43b0feccbf9e2f3583283159b3d83
40261435.0% of 40 left
$500
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC
Response fingerprintda20282cbc1dd0fa6d2e9e1e7fc1a77391d43b0feccbf9e2f3583283159b3d83
1,09069639436.1% of 1,090 left
$200
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC
Response fingerprintda20282cbc1dd0fa6d2e9e1e7fc1a77391d43b0feccbf9e2f3583283159b3d83
62,33739,39322,94436.8% of 62,337 left
$100
Count sources & details
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC
Response fingerprintda20282cbc1dd0fa6d2e9e1e7fc1a77391d43b0feccbf9e2f3583283159b3d83
61,87539,07722,79836.8% of 61,875 left
$50
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC
Response fingerprintda20282cbc1dd0fa6d2e9e1e7fc1a77391d43b0feccbf9e2f3583283159b3d83
123,44477,80145,64337.0% of 123,444 left
$40
Count sources & details
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC
Response fingerprintda20282cbc1dd0fa6d2e9e1e7fc1a77391d43b0feccbf9e2f3583283159b3d83
123,44477,65445,79037.1% of 123,444 left
$30
Count sources & details
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC
Response fingerprintda20282cbc1dd0fa6d2e9e1e7fc1a77391d43b0feccbf9e2f3583283159b3d83
246,888155,11091,77837.2% of 246,888 left

About the estimates

Methodology & source

Each lottery publishes different information. We use the available game data and stated assumptions to estimate average payouts and tickets left. An unclaimed prize count is not a count of tickets still for sale.

Published prize observations stay separate from estimates. The model uses this game's reported coverage, ticket inventory and count assumptions; unavailable values retain their source explanations.

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Game history

See how the numbers have changed

A gap means we don’t have a number

We keep the last update of each day, using Pacific Time. If a day has no number, we leave a gap. We don’t fill in guesses.

Past numbers include calculations from archived prize reports. This covers the dates we have collected. 7-day change: insufficient history. 30-day change: insufficient history.

Estimated average payout Our estimate · dollars per ticket
$0.02 highervs Oct 14, 2026

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$23.19$23.47$23.74Original average payout $23.66Oct 14, 2026: $23.27Oct 15, 2026: $23.29Oct 14, 2026Oct 15, 2026
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Estimated average payout observations
DateEstimated average payoutChange from previous day
Oct 14, 2026$23.27No daily comparison
Oct 15, 2026$23.29$0.02 higher compared with Oct 14, 2026
Prizes remaining From the daily prize table · count and share left

229,365 prizes left619,127 total · 37.0% left · Oct 15, 2026

1,623 fewervs Oct 14, 2026

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37.0%37.2%37.4%Oct 14, 2026: 37.3%Oct 15, 2026: 37.0%Oct 14, 2026Oct 15, 2026
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Prizes remaining observations
DatePrizes remainingUnclaimed countTotal prizesChange from previous day
Oct 14, 202637.3%230,988619,127No daily comparison
Oct 15, 202637.0%229,365619,1271,623 fewer compared with Oct 14, 2026
Top prizes remaining From the lottery · published count
No changevs Oct 14, 2026

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0.811.2Oct 14, 2026: 1Oct 15, 2026: 1Oct 14, 2026Oct 15, 2026
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Top prizes remaining observations
DateTop prizes remainingChange from previous day
Oct 14, 20261No daily comparison
Oct 15, 20261No change compared with Oct 14, 2026
Estimated tickets left Our estimate · ticket count
4,854 fewervs Oct 14, 2026

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685.01K688.4K691.8KOct 14, 2026: 690,830Oct 15, 2026: 685,976Oct 14, 2026Oct 15, 2026
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Estimated tickets left observations
DateEstimated tickets leftChange from previous day
Oct 14, 2026690,830No daily comparison
Oct 15, 2026685,9764,854 fewer compared with Oct 14, 2026