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Weak valueActiveLOTERIA™ · $3 · California Lottery
LOTERIA™: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.98 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 6 · $3 CA gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 6 · $3 CA gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
LOTERIA™ is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.0%. 40 of the original 40 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 8% of the 24.4M printed tickets have been sold.
66.0%
expected return
1 in 3.7
odds of any win
40 of 40
$30K top prizes left
8%
claimed · 2M of 24.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 5,992,712 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $3
$5 – $300, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 89,667 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.98 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $300
$1.90 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $30K
$0.08 · 2.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
5,992,463 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
8% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
24.4M
tickets printed
2M
tickets claimed · 8%
22.3M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
92%
100% of top prizes remain with only 92% 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 $3 CA peers
#1 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 13, 2026.
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