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Weak valueActiveRed, White & Blue 7's · $5 · California Lottery
Red, White & Blue 7's: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.36 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#8 of 11 · $5 CA games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#8 of 11 · $5 CA games
Red, White & Blue 7's is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.2%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 6 of the original 18 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 21.5M printed tickets have been sold.
67.2%
expected return
1 in 4.73
odds of any win
6 of 18
$250K top prizes left
60%
claimed · 13M of 21.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,821,892 winning tickets still unclaimed.
21 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,844 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.09 · 61.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.27 · 5.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,821,255 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
21.5M
tickets printed
13M
tickets claimed · 60%
8.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
40%
33% of top prizes remain with 40% 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
#8 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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