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Weak valueActiveFull of 500's · $5 · California Lottery
Full of 500's: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.25 on average.
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:06 AM
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:06 AM
Full of 500's is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, down 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 3,161 of the original 33,256 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 89% of the 22.7M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 4.43
odds of any win
3,161 of 33,256
$500 top prizes left
89%
claimed · 20.2M of 22.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 584,194 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 784 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.25 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.25 · 65.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
584,194 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
89% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
22.7M
tickets printed
20.2M
tickets claimed · 89%
2.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
11%
10% of top prizes remain with 11% 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 $5 CA peers
#9 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:06 AM.
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