Washington’s Cash POP page says playing all fifteen POPs guarantees a prize. That is a statement about matching the number drawn, not about finishing ahead financially. The difference is worth calculating before paying for a ticket rather than discovering it after collecting a smaller award.
This version also has its own purchase price and schedule. Familiarity with a Cash Pop game in another state is not enough to price a Washington purchase correctly.
One POP is one five-dollar selection
In Washington, each POP costs $5 and is a number from 1 through 15. You may select up to fifteen POPs on a ticket, choosing them yourself or using Quick Pick. A potential prize from $25 through $500 is printed beneath each selected number.
That printed amount is conditional. Suppose a hypothetical ticket shows number 6 with $35 beneath it and number 13 with $100 beneath it. The purchase costs $10 for one drawing. If 6 is the certified result, that ticket wins the $35 attached to 6, not $135 from adding both printed amounts.
If neither selected number is drawn, neither printed amount is payable. Seeing an attractive potential prize when the ticket prints is not the same as winning it.
Separate number coverage from financial return
There is one winning POP for the drawing. Buying all fifteen different numbers covers every possible result, but fifteen selections at $5 apiece cost $75.
Consider two illustrative outcomes for that $75 purchase. If the winning number carries $25 on the ticket, the prize is $25 and the difference from the purchase cost is a $50 loss. If it carries $100 instead, the difference is $25 ahead before any other applicable considerations.
Both outcomes satisfy the guaranteed-prize description. Only the second exceeds the amount spent. These are hypothetical calculations, not reports of actual tickets or an invitation to buy every number.
The habit to keep is subtracting the full purchase cost from the award. Do not call a prize “profit” before doing that subtraction.
The same number can carry different prizes
Washington’s prize rule expressly allows the same POP to have a different potential award on another ticket. Number 13 might have $100 beneath it on one purchase and $25 beneath it on another. The number alone does not identify the prize.
Likewise, the probability of a prize being printed and the probability of winning that prize are different. The rule’s table puts a $500 printed prize at 1 in 500 per number, while the overall probability of winning that $500 prize on a single POP is 1 in 7,500. A printed $500 still needs its associated number to win the drawing.
Use this distinction when discussing a ticket with someone else. Ask which number and which printed amount belong together, rather than assuming everybody who selected the winning number receives an identical award.
More numbers and more drawings are different multipliers
For one drawing, three different POPs cost $15. Entering three POPs in four purchased drawings represents $60: $5 × 3 × 4. Neither multiplying the numbers nor multiplying the events creates free entries.
The operator permits up to five consecutive drawings and says each drawing prints on a separate ticket. It also says Advance Play is unavailable. Do not interpret consecutive-drawing purchases as unrestricted permission to choose an arbitrary future date.
Count the issued tickets and verify each drawing date. If you keep them together, note which events are still pending so an earlier losing result does not cause a later ticket to be discarded.
Resumed sales do not establish tonight’s eligibility
Cash POP draws nightly at 8 p.m. Pacific Time. Sales are suspended at 7:45 p.m. and resume at 7:46 p.m. The existence of an open sales terminal after that pause is not, by itself, proof that a newly purchased entry covers the drawing you had in mind.
Read the printed date before leaving. If you are visiting from a different time zone, use Pacific Time for planning rather than comparing an unconverted phone clock with the published schedule.
Choose a total spending limit before starting the purchase. Cash POP tickets cannot be canceled once bought, so checking the price only after several POPs print is too late to treat the purchase as a trial.
Keep the ticket that carries the actual award
After the correct drawing, match the certified winning number and then read the amount beneath that number on your ticket. Use official ticket checking and preserve the original for a claim. Washington’s current claim guidance gives 180 days from the drawing date and explains that mailed claims must be received within the deadline.
The Washington game directory provides comparisons with other local formats. For Cash POP, the most useful distinction is between having a winning number, collecting its printed prize, and actually recovering everything you spent.
Official sources
Rules checked 2026-10-20. Use the operator for current prizes, deadlines and ticket validation.