Quinto (lottery)

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Quinto was a game offered by Washington's Lottery from 1990 until 2007.

During the 1980s, lottery jackpots in the United States had begun reaching the mega-millions. However, a popular complaint was that the jackpots in these games were paid only through an annuity; winners could not receive the cash value of a jackpot in lump sum for any reason. Washington's Lottery responded by offering Quinto, a pick-5 game with an all-cash jackpot, or "cashpot." Instead of an all-numbers game, Quinto used the 52 cards found in a standard deck, without the jokers. Players paid $1 for each game.

While not a true poker game, Quinto gave birth to a short-lived add-on, called "Beat the State".

Terminal games that were not numbers-based often had short lives. Quinto was a big exception, lasting 17 years. Only in March 2007 was it retired; Hit 5 is a more conventional pick-5 game, drawing from a field of 39 numbers.