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Poor valueActiveThe Lucky Spot! · $1 · California Lottery
The Lucky Spot!: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.59 on average.
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $1 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:05 AM
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $1 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:05 AM
The Lucky Spot! is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.0%, down 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 28 of the original 125 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 30.8M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 4.78
odds of any win
28 of 125
$1K top prizes left
73%
claimed · 22.3M of 30.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,764,598 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 302,077 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.59 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.59 · 58.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
1,764,570 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
73% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2023.
30.8M
tickets printed
22.3M
tickets claimed · 73%
8.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
22%
Tickets left
27%
22% of top prizes remain with 27% 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
#4 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:05 AM.
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