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Weak valueActiveDominoes · $2 · California Lottery
Dominoes: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.30 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $2 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 8 · $2 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM
Dominoes is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.0%. 10 of the original 16 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 41% of the 12.8M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 4.10
odds of any win
10 of 16
$30K top prizes left
41%
claimed · 5.2M of 12.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,846,413 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 148,036 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 · 62.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.04 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
1,846,362 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
41% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
12.8M
tickets printed
5.2M
tickets claimed · 41%
7.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
63%
Tickets left
59%
63% of top prizes remain with only 59% 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
#2 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM.
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