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Decent valueActive100X The Cash · $20 · California Lottery
100X The Cash: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.75 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#4 of 13 · $20 CA games
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#4 of 13 · $20 CA games
100X The Cash is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.8%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 78.5%. 3 of the original 6 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 52% of the 18.0M printed tickets have been sold.
78.8%
expected return
1 in 3.32
odds of any win
3 of 6
$5M jackpots left
52%
claimed · 9.3M of 18M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,627,175 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $20
$30 – $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 229 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.75 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.35 · 66.8% of price
Mid prizes $3K
$0.68 · 3.4% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$1.72 · 8.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.2%
Just 3 tickets out of 8.7M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
2,624,810 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
52% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
18M
tickets printed
9.3M
tickets claimed · 52%
8.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
48%
50% of top prizes remain with only 48% 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 $20 CA peers
#4 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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