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Average valueActive$5,000,000 Superstar · $20 · California Lottery
$5,000,000 Superstar: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.60 on average.
▼ -5.6 pts vs launch#13 of 13 · $20 CA games
▼ -5.6 pts vs launch#13 of 13 · $20 CA games
$5,000,000 Superstar is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.0%, down 5.6 percentage points from the launch value of 78.6%. 1 of the original 5 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 15.3M printed tickets have been sold.
73.0%
expected return
1 in 3.43
odds of any win
1 of 5
$5M jackpots left
61%
claimed · 9.3M of 15.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,711,951 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $20
$30 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 148 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.60 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.44 · 62.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$1.33 · 6.6% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$0.83 · 4.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.8%
Just 1 ticket out of 6M 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
1,710,168 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
15.3M
tickets printed
9.3M
tickets claimed · 61%
6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
39%
20% of top prizes remain with 39% 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
#13 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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