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Average valueActiveFull of 500's · $5 · California Lottery
Full of 500's: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.49 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#5 of 12 · $5 CA games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#5 of 12 · $5 CA games
Full of 500's is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.8%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 19,997 of the original 26,250 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 17.9M printed tickets have been sold.
69.8%
expected return
1 in 4.43
odds of any win
19,997 of 26,250
$500 top prizes left
23%
claimed · 4.2M of 17.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,119,267 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 687 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.49 · 69.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
3,119,267 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
23% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
17.9M
tickets printed
4.2M
tickets claimed · 23%
13.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
76%
Tickets left
77%
76% of top prizes remain with 77% 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
#5 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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