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Weak valueActiveFireball Bingo · $3 · California Lottery
Fireball Bingo: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.94 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
Fireball Bingo is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.7%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 37 of the original 50 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 34% of the 30.3M printed tickets have been sold.
64.7%
expected return
1 in 3.61
odds of any win
37 of 50
$20K top prizes left
34%
claimed · 10.2M of 30.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 5,578,246 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $3
$4 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 44,788 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.94 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.90 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.04 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
5,578,139 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
34% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
30.3M
tickets printed
10.2M
tickets claimed · 34%
20.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
74%
Tickets left
66%
74% of top prizes remain with only 66% 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 $3 CA peers
#3 of 5
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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