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Decent valueActiveRed Carpet Riches · $20 · California Lottery
Red Carpet Riches: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.95 on average.
▲ +1.5 pts vs launch#6 of 13 · $20 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
▲ +1.5 pts vs launch#6 of 13 · $20 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
Red Carpet Riches is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.8%, up 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 78.3%. 8 of the original 12 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 41% of the 14.6M printed tickets have been sold.
79.8%
expected return
1 in 3.10
odds of any win
8 of 12
$2M jackpots left
41%
claimed · 6M of 14.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,741,609 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $20
$25 – $250, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 366 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.95 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.69 · 63.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $25K
$1.38 · 6.9% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.88 · 9.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.4%
Just 8 tickets out of 8.5M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
2,733,095 winning tickets remain in this range: 80% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
41% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
14.6M
tickets printed
6M
tickets claimed · 41%
8.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
59%
67% of top prizes remain with only 59% 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 $20 CA peers
#6 of 13
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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