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Average valueActiveCash Crush · $5 · California Lottery
Cash Crush: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.45 on average.
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#5 of 11 · $5 CA games
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#5 of 11 · $5 CA games
Cash Crush is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.0%, up 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 67.8%. 8 of the original 14 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 69% of the 17.1M printed tickets have been sold.
69.0%
expected return
1 in 4.53
odds of any win
8 of 14
$250K top prizes left
69%
claimed · 11.8M of 17.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,176,905 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $5
$6 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,355 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $6 – $500
$2.98 · 59.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.47 · 9.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$6 – $500 wins
1,176,467 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
69% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
17.1M
tickets printed
11.8M
tickets claimed · 69%
5.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
57%
Tickets left
31%
57% of top prizes remain with only 31% 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 $5 CA peers
#5 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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