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Average valueActiveRed, White & Blue 7's · $5 · California Lottery
Red, White & Blue 7's: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.49 on average.
▲ +1.8 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:07 AM
▲ +1.8 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:07 AM
Red, White & Blue 7's is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.8%, up 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 8 of the original 10 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 41% of the 12.0M printed tickets have been sold.
69.8%
expected return
1 in 4.73
odds of any win
8 of 10
$250K top prizes left
41%
claimed · 4.9M of 12M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,489,318 winning tickets still unclaimed.
21 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,740 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.10 · 62.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.39 · 7.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,488,744 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% 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, May 2026.
12M
tickets printed
4.9M
tickets claimed · 41%
7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
59%
80% 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 $5 CA peers
#3 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:07 AM.
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