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Weak valueActiveLOTERIA™ Extra! · $5 · California Lottery
LOTERIA™ Extra!: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.21 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#9 of 11 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 6:05 AM
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#9 of 11 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 6:05 AM
LOTERIA™ Extra! is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.2%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 71.2%. 3 of the original 19 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 37.5M printed tickets have been sold.
64.2%
expected return
1 in 3.51
odds of any win
3 of 19
$100K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 32M of 37.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,589,678 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 5,705 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.21 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.06 · 61.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.15 · 3.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,589,301 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
37.5M
tickets printed
32M
tickets claimed · 85%
5.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
16%
Tickets left
15%
16% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 6:05 AM.
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