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Strong valueActiveDouble The Luck · $20 · California Lottery
Double The Luck: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $17.40 on average.
▲ +7.4 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $20 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:05 AM
▲ +7.4 pts vs launch#1 of 13 · $20 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:05 AM
Double The Luck is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 87.0%, up 7.4 percentage points from the launch value of 79.6%. 2 of the original 4 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 74% of the 12.1M printed tickets have been sold.
87.0%
expected return
1 in 3.67
odds of any win
2 of 4
$5M jackpots left
74%
claimed · 8.9M of 12.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 859,152 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$30 – $400, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,799 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $17.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $600
$13.67 · 68.3% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $75K
$0.56 · 2.8% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$3.17 · 15.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.1%
Just 2 tickets out of 3.1M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $600 wins
858,972 winning tickets remain in this range: 79% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
74% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2025.
12.1M
tickets printed
8.9M
tickets claimed · 74%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
26%
50% of top prizes remain with only 26% 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 $20 CA peers
#1 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:05 AM.
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