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Decent valueActiveNeon Jackpot · $10 · California Lottery
Neon Jackpot: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.42 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $10 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $10 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
Neon Jackpot is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.2%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 74.2%. 8 of the original 8 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 16.0M printed tickets have been sold.
74.2%
expected return
1 in 3.42
odds of any win
8 of 8
$1M jackpots left
1%
claimed · 119k of 16M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,640,483 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 892 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.49 · 64.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.43 · 4.3% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.50 · 5.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.2%
Just 8 tickets out of 15.9M 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
4,634,358 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
16M
tickets printed
119k
tickets claimed · 1%
15.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
99%
100% of top prizes remain with only 99% 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
#5 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM.
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