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Decent valueActiveShow Me $5,000,000! · $20 · California Lottery
Show Me $5,000,000!: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.62 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#9 of 13 · $20 CA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#9 of 13 · $20 CA gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM
Show Me $5,000,000! is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.1%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 78.3%. 2 of the original 5 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 15.2M printed tickets have been sold.
78.1%
expected return
1 in 3.32
odds of any win
2 of 5
$5M jackpots left
60%
claimed · 9.1M of 15.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,837,554 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $20
$30 – $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 237 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.33 · 66.7% of price
Mid prizes $3K
$0.65 · 3.2% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$1.64 · 8.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.9%
Just 2 tickets out of 6.1M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
1,835,971 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
15.2M
tickets printed
9.1M
tickets claimed · 60%
6.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
40%
40% of top prizes remain with 40% 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
#9 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM.
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