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Weak valueActiveLOTERIA™ Extra! · $5 · California Lottery
LOTERIA™ Extra!: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▼ -3.8 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:06 AM
▼ -3.8 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:06 AM
LOTERIA™ Extra! is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, down 3.8 percentage points from the launch value of 71.2%. 4 of the original 19 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 37.5M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 3.51
odds of any win
4 of 19
$100K top prizes left
76%
claimed · 28.5M of 37.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,583,498 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $5
$6 – $400, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,338 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.21 · 64.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.16 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
2,582,816 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
76% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
37.5M
tickets printed
28.5M
tickets claimed · 76%
9M
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
24%
21% of top prizes remain with 24% 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
#7 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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