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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 $3.46 on average.
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
Red, White & Blue 7's is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.2%, up 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 8 of the original 10 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 36% of the 12.0M printed tickets have been sold.
69.2%
expected return
1 in 4.7
odds of any win
8 of 10
$250K top prizes left
36%
claimed · 4.3M of 12M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,625,379 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 2,736 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.46 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
$0.36 · 7.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,624,775 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
36% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
12M
tickets printed
4.3M
tickets claimed · 36%
7.7M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
64%
80% of top prizes remain with only 64% 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 Jun 13, 2026.
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