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Weak valueActiveRockin' Riches · $1 · California Lottery
Rockin' Riches: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.64 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $1 CA gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:07 PM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $1 CA gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:07 PM
Rockin' Riches is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 69 of the original 105 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 37% of the 25.1M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.34
odds of any win
69 of 105
$5K top prizes left
37%
claimed · 9.3M of 25.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,673,372 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 229,539 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.64 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.62 · 61.8% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.02 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
3,673,303 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
37% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
25.1M
tickets printed
9.3M
tickets claimed · 37%
15.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
66%
Tickets left
63%
66% of top prizes remain with only 63% 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 $1 CA peers
#1 of 4
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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