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Average valueActive$1,000,000 Money Mania · $10 · California Lottery
$1,000,000 Money Mania: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.23 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $10 CA games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $10 CA games
$1,000,000 Money Mania is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.3%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 74.3%. 2 of the original 13 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 25.4M printed tickets have been sold.
72.3%
expected return
1 in 3.42
odds of any win
2 of 13
$1M jackpots left
79%
claimed · 20M of 25.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,570,544 winning tickets still unclaimed.
21 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 902 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.23 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.41 · 64.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.45 · 4.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.37 · 3.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.6%
Just 2 tickets out of 5.4M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,568,379 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
25.4M
tickets printed
20M
tickets claimed · 79%
5.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
15%
Tickets left
21%
15% of top prizes remain with 21% 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 $10 CA peers
#10 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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