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Weak valueActiveFull of 500's · $5 · California Lottery
Full of 500's: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.16 on average.
▼ -6.8 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM
▼ -6.8 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM
Full of 500's is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.2%, down 6.8 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 2,038 of the original 33,256 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 22.7M printed tickets have been sold.
63.2%
expected return
1 in 4.43
odds of any win
2,038 of 33,256
$500 top prizes left
93%
claimed · 21M of 22.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 400,831 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 817 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.16 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.16 · 63.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
400,831 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
22.7M
tickets printed
21M
tickets claimed · 93%
1.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
6%
Tickets left
7%
6% of top prizes remain with 7% 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
#10 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM.
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