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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 $3.45 on average.
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:07 PM
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:07 PM
Red, White & Blue 7's is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.0%, up 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 12 of the original 18 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 48% of the 21.5M printed tickets have been sold.
69.0%
expected return
1 in 4.73
odds of any win
12 of 18
$250K top prizes left
48%
claimed · 10.2M of 21.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,395,682 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 2,795 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.10 · 61.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.35 · 7.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
2,394,855 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
48% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
21.5M
tickets printed
10.2M
tickets claimed · 48%
11.3M
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
52%
67% of top prizes remain with only 52% 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
#4 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:07 PM.
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