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Weak valueActiveLOTERIA™ · $3 · California Lottery
LOTERIA™: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.97 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $3 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $3 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
LOTERIA™ is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.7%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 66.0%. 37 of the original 40 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 13% of the 24.4M printed tickets have been sold.
65.7%
expected return
1 in 3.74
odds of any win
37 of 40
$30K top prizes left
13%
claimed · 3.2M of 24.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 5,689,027 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $3
$5 – $300, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 89,039 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.97 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $300
$1.89 · 63.0% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $30K
$0.08 · 2.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
5,688,789 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
13% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
24.4M
tickets printed
3.2M
tickets claimed · 13%
21.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
93%
Tickets left
87%
93% of top prizes remain with only 87% 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 $3 CA peers
#1 of 5
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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