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Weak valueActiveFour Leaf Frenzy · $1 · California Lottery
Four Leaf Frenzy: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.61 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $1 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $1 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
Four Leaf Frenzy is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 9 of the original 42 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 20.3M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 4.56
odds of any win
9 of 42
$5K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 15.2M of 20.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,149,658 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $1
$2 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 568,693 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $200
$0.60 · 60.1% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.01 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $200 wins
1,149,649 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
20.3M
tickets printed
15.2M
tickets claimed · 75%
5.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
21%
Tickets left
25%
21% of top prizes remain with 25% 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 $1 CA peers
#3 of 4
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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