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Decent valueActiveGolden State Riches · $20 · California Lottery
Golden State Riches: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.68 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $20 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $20 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
Golden State Riches is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.4%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 78.3%. 7 of the original 7 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 16.7M printed tickets have been sold.
78.4%
expected return
1 in 2.89
odds of any win
7 of 7
$5M jackpots left
0%
claimed · 83k of 16.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 5,792,343 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $20
$25 or $50 or $100, an actual profit
23 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
66 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 343 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.68 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.01 · 60.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$1.58 · 7.9% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$2.09 · 10.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.9%
Just 7 tickets out of 16.6M 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
5,783,718 winning tickets remain in this range: 77% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
16.7M
tickets printed
83k
tickets claimed · 0%
16.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
100%
100% of top prizes remain with only 100% 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
#9 of 14
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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