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Decent valueActiveGolden State Riches · $20 · California Lottery
Golden State Riches: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.73 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#7 of 13 · $20 CA games
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#7 of 13 · $20 CA games
Golden State Riches is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.6%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 78.3%. 6 of the original 7 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 17% of the 16.7M printed tickets have been sold.
78.6%
expected return
1 in 2.89
odds of any win
6 of 7
$5M jackpots left
17%
claimed · 2.9M of 16.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,831,065 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $20
$25 or $50 or $100, an actual profit
24 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
65 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 342 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.73 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$11.99 · 60.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$1.59 · 7.9% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$2.15 · 10.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.9%
Just 6 tickets out of 13.9M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
4,823,793 winning tickets remain in this range: 76% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
17% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
16.7M
tickets printed
2.9M
tickets claimed · 17%
13.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
86%
Tickets left
83%
86% of top prizes remain with only 83% 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 $20 CA peers
#7 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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