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Decent valueActiveRed Carpet Riches · $20 · California Lottery
Red Carpet Riches: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.61 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $20 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $20 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM
Red Carpet Riches is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.0%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 78.3%. 6 of the original 12 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 49% of the 14.6M printed tickets have been sold.
78.0%
expected return
1 in 3.10
odds of any win
6 of 12
$2M jackpots left
49%
claimed · 7.1M of 14.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,388,859 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 371 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.67 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $25K
$1.33 · 6.6% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.61 · 8.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.0%
Just 6 tickets out of 7.4M 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
2,381,710 winning tickets remain in this range: 81% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
49% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
14.6M
tickets printed
7.1M
tickets claimed · 49%
7.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
51%
50% of top prizes remain with 51% 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
#8 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM.
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