Are the top prizes in Black Pearls still available?

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

What does a Black Pearls ticket pay back?

You get back about 68¢ 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 · #1656

Black Pearls

Updated today

1 top prize is still unclaimed at $50,000. A $5 ticket returns about 68¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 68¢ about 70¢ when the game launched

Top prize $50,000 1 of 2 still unclaimed

How far along 38% about 38% of tickets already sold · roughly 150,830 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 4.17 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$50,000	1	2
$5,000	1	3
$1,000	7	8
$500	19	33
$200	26	39
$100	370	617
$50	1,229	2,028
$25	1,621	2,722
$20	4,531	7,357
$10	13,180	21,440
$5	15,096	24,440

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6810 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.7046 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 4.17
Estimated tickets printed: 244,733
Estimated tickets remaining: 150,830
Estimated fraction sold: 0.3837
Game number: #1656

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.