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Average valueActive$1,000,000 Money Mania · $10 · California Lottery
$1,000,000 Money Mania: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.39 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $10 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $10 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
$1,000,000 Money Mania is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.9%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 74.3%. 4 of the original 12 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 64% of the 23.3M printed tickets have been sold.
73.9%
expected return
1 in 3.42
odds of any win
4 of 12
$1M jackpots left
64%
claimed · 14.8M of 23.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,478,317 winning tickets still unclaimed.
21 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 877 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.44 · 64.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.48 · 4.8% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.47 · 4.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.2%
Just 4 tickets out of 8.5M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
2,474,714 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
64% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
23.3M
tickets printed
14.8M
tickets claimed · 64%
8.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
36%
33% of top prizes remain with 36% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
California Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 CA peers
#5 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM.
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