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Weak valueActiveYour Lucky Stars · $2 · California Lottery
Your Lucky Stars: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.28 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $2 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $2 CA gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM
Your Lucky Stars is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 65.5%. 8 of the original 20 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 64% of the 12.2M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.09
odds of any win
8 of 20
$20K top prizes left
64%
claimed · 7.8M of 12.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,065,338 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 $1.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.24 · 61.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.04 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
1,065,301 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
64% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
12.2M
tickets printed
7.8M
tickets claimed · 64%
4.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
36%
40% of top prizes remain with only 36% 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
#6 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
10X The Cash
65.5%
2
GOOOAAAL!
65.5%
3
Dominoes
65.5%
4
$pring Green
65.0%
5
MONOPOLY
65.0%
6
Your Lucky Stars
64.0%
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:06 AM.
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