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Average valueActivePower 10's · $10 · California Lottery
Power 10's: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.87 on average.
▼ -5.8 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $10 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:05 PM
▼ -5.8 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $10 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:05 PM
Power 10's is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.7%, down 5.8 percentage points from the launch value of 74.5%. 1 of the original 14 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 82% of the 17.0M printed tickets have been sold.
68.7%
expected return
1 in 3.30
odds of any win
1 of 14
$1M jackpots left
82%
claimed · 13.9M of 17M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 961,249 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 864 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.87 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.08 · 60.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.47 · 4.7% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.32 · 3.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
65.5%
Just 1 ticket out of 3.1M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
960,006 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
82% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
17M
tickets printed
13.9M
tickets claimed · 82%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
7%
Tickets left
18%
7% of top prizes remain with 18% 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 $10 CA peers
#8 of 9
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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