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Average valueActiveLOTERIA™ Extra! · $5 · California Lottery
LOTERIA™ Extra!: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.55 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $5 CA games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $5 CA games
LOTERIA™ Extra! is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.0%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 71.2%. 12 of the original 13 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 10% of the 24.7M printed tickets have been sold.
71.0%
expected return
1 in 3.51
odds of any win
12 of 13
$100K top prizes left
10%
claimed · 2.6M of 24.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 6,302,895 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $5
$6 – $400, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,147 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.38 · 67.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.17 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
6,301,310 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
10% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
24.7M
tickets printed
2.6M
tickets claimed · 10%
22.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
92%
Tickets left
90%
92% of top prizes remain with only 90% 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
#2 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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