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Average valueActivePoker Nights · $5 · California Lottery
Poker Nights: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.44 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:05 PM
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:05 PM
Poker Nights is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.8%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 11 of the original 37 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 44.4M printed tickets have been sold.
68.8%
expected return
1 in 3.62
odds of any win
11 of 37
$75K top prizes left
73%
claimed · 32.4M of 44.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,346,989 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $5
$6 – $100, an actual profit
9 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 2,690 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.27 · 65.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $75K
$0.17 · 3.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
3,346,204 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
73% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
44.4M
tickets printed
32.4M
tickets claimed · 73%
12.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
30%
Tickets left
27%
30% of top prizes remain with only 27% 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
#4 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:05 PM.
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