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Decent valueActiveCalifornia Color Pop · $10 · California Lottery
California Color Pop: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.64 on average.
▲ +1.9 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $10 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
▲ +1.9 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $10 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
California Color Pop is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.4%, up 1.9 percentage points from the launch value of 74.5%. 4 of the original 6 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 54% of the 14.2M printed tickets have been sold.
76.4%
expected return
1 in 3.50
odds of any win
4 of 6
$1M jackpots left
54%
claimed · 7.7M of 14.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,850,688 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $10
$15 – $200, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,897 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.64 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.91 · 69.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.12 · 1.2% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.62 · 6.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.2%
Just 4 tickets out of 6.5M 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
1,850,314 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
54% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
14.2M
tickets printed
7.7M
tickets claimed · 54%
6.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
46%
67% of top prizes remain with only 46% 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
#2 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM.
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