Are the top prizes in Celebrate America still available?

520 of 800 top prizes worth $250 are still unclaimed.

What does a Celebrate America ticket pay back?

You get back about 70¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the Washington, D.C. Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

Washington, D.C. · $5 ticket · #1657

Celebrate America

Updated today

520 top prizes are still unclaimed at $250. A $5 ticket returns about 70¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 70¢ about 70¢ when the game launched

Top prize $250 520 of 800 still unclaimed

How far along 34% about 34% of tickets already sold · roughly 158,908 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 3.82 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$250	520	800
$100	263	407
$75	316	495
$50	786	1,210
$20	3,940	6,058
$15	3,947	6,058
$10	7,905	12,116
$5	23,848	36,348

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6993 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.7036 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 3.82
Estimated tickets printed: 242,539
Estimated tickets remaining: 158,908
Estimated fraction sold: 0.3448
Game number: #1657

Payback trend across our stored snapshots: new game — collecting data

Source: the Washington, D.C. Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.