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Decent valueActiveNeon Jackpot · $10 · California Lottery
Neon Jackpot: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.58 on average.
▲ +1.6 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $10 CA games
▲ +1.6 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $10 CA games
Neon Jackpot is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.8%, up 1.6 percentage points from the launch value of 74.2%. 6 of the original 8 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 44% of the 16.0M printed tickets have been sold.
75.8%
expected return
1 in 3.42
odds of any win
6 of 8
$1M jackpots left
44%
claimed · 7M of 16M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,620,488 winning tickets still unclaimed.
21 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 884 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.46 · 64.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.45 · 4.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.67 · 6.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.1%
Just 6 tickets out of 9M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
2,616,866 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
44% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
16M
tickets printed
7M
tickets claimed · 44%
9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
56%
75% of top prizes remain with only 56% 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 $10 CA peers
#4 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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