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Weak valueActiveCa$h Doubler · $2 · California Lottery
Ca$h Doubler: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.28 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#6 of 7 · $2 CA games
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#6 of 7 · $2 CA games
Ca$h Doubler 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%. 9 of the original 15 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 9.0M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.24
odds of any win
9 of 15
$20K top prizes left
46%
claimed · 4.1M of 9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,142,221 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$3 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 93,568 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 – $200
$1.23 · 61.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.05 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
1,142,169 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
9M
tickets printed
4.1M
tickets claimed · 46%
4.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
54%
60% of top prizes remain with only 54% 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 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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