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Weak valueActiveYour Lucky Stars · $2 · California Lottery
Your Lucky Stars: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.27 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $2 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $2 CA gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM
Your Lucky Stars is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.5%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.5%. 6 of the original 20 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 12.2M printed tickets have been sold.
63.5%
expected return
1 in 4.09
odds of any win
6 of 20
$20K top prizes left
68%
claimed · 8.3M of 12.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 946,296 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 15,216 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.23 · 61.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.04 · 1.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
946,263 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
68% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
12.2M
tickets printed
8.3M
tickets claimed · 68%
3.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
30%
Tickets left
32%
30% of top prizes remain with 32% 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 $2 CA peers
#7 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:06 AM.
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