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Average valueActivePower 10's · $10 · California Lottery
Power 10's: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.89 on average.
▼ -5.6 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $10 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:05 AM
▼ -5.6 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $10 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:05 AM
Power 10's is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.9%, down 5.6 percentage points from the launch value of 74.5%. 1 of the original 14 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 17.0M printed tickets have been sold.
68.9%
expected return
1 in 3.30
odds of any win
1 of 14
$1M jackpots left
85%
claimed · 14.5M of 17M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 782,484 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 891 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.89 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.05 · 60.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.45 · 4.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.39 · 3.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
65.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.5M 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
781,506 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
17M
tickets printed
14.5M
tickets claimed · 85%
2.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
7%
Tickets left
15%
7% of top prizes remain with 15% 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
#9 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:05 AM.
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