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Weak valueActiveCa$h Doubler · $2 · California Lottery
Ca$h Doubler: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.30 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 8 · $2 CA gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:07 PM
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 8 · $2 CA gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:07 PM
Ca$h Doubler is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 65.5%. 11 of the original 15 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 28% of the 9.0M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 4.24
odds of any win
11 of 15
$20K top prizes left
28%
claimed · 2.5M of 9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,519,620 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$3 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 95,084 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.30 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.26 · 62.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.04 · 2.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
1,519,552 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
28% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
9M
tickets printed
2.5M
tickets claimed · 28%
6.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
73%
Tickets left
72%
73% of top prizes remain with only 72% 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 $2 CA peers
#4 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:07 PM.
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