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Average valueActivePoker Nights · $5 · California Lottery
Poker Nights: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.42 on average.
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
Poker Nights is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.4%, down 1.6 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 8 of the original 34 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 40.9M printed tickets have been sold.
68.4%
expected return
1 in 3.62
odds of any win
8 of 34
$75K top prizes left
77%
claimed · 31.7M of 40.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,564,911 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 2,718 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.24 · 64.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $75K
$0.18 · 3.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
2,564,292 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
40.9M
tickets printed
31.7M
tickets claimed · 77%
9.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
24%
Tickets left
23%
24% of top prizes remain with only 23% 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
#5 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM.
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