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Weak valueActiveTripling Bonus Crossword · $3 · California Lottery
Tripling Bonus Crossword: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.95 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 5 · $3 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 5 · $3 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
Tripling Bonus Crossword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 15 of the original 20 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 27% of the 24.0M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 3.34
odds of any win
15 of 20
$20K top prizes left
27%
claimed · 6.4M of 24M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 5,262,615 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $3
$4 – $300, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 126,167 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.95 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $300
$1.92 · 64.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.03 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
5,262,476 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
27% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
24M
tickets printed
6.4M
tickets claimed · 27%
17.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
73%
75% of top prizes remain with only 73% 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 $3 CA peers
#2 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM.
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