Are the top prizes in Wild Cash still available?

1 of 2 top prizes worth $50,000 are still unclaimed.

What does a Wild Cash ticket pay back?

You get back about 69¢ 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 · #1654

Wild Cash

Updated today

1 top prize is still unclaimed at $50,000. A $5 ticket returns about 69¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 69¢ about 71¢ when the game launched

Top prize $50,000 1 of 2 still unclaimed

How far along 43% about 43% of tickets already sold · roughly 139,177 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 3.41 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$50,000	1	2
$1,000	3	6
$500	19	32
$200	70	116
$100	178	307
$50	286	513
$40	574	1,020
$25	1,363	2,408
$20	4,286	7,576
$10	12,089	21,249
$5	21,854	37,930

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6919 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.7057 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 3.41
Estimated tickets printed: 242,652
Estimated tickets remaining: 139,177
Estimated fraction sold: 0.4264
Game number: #1654

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

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