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Average valueActivePoker Multiplier · $5 · California Lottery
Poker Multiplier: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.50 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#4 of 12 · $5 CA games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#4 of 12 · $5 CA games
Poker Multiplier is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 25 of the original 25 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 29.9M printed tickets have been sold.
70.0%
expected return
1 in 3.62
odds of any win
25 of 25
$75K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 106k of 29.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 8,247,524 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $5
$6 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,547 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.35 · 66.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $75K
$0.15 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
8,245,765 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
29.9M
tickets printed
106k
tickets claimed · 0%
29.8M
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
100%
100% of top prizes remain with only 100% 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
#4 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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