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Average valueActiveRed, White & Blue 7's · $5 · California Lottery
Red, White & Blue 7's: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.51 on average.
▲ +2.2 pts vs launch#3 of 10 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
▲ +2.2 pts vs launch#3 of 10 · $5 CA gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
Red, White & Blue 7's is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.2%, up 2.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 7 of the original 10 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 52% of the 12.0M printed tickets have been sold.
70.2%
expected return
1 in 4.73
odds of any win
7 of 10
$250K top prizes left
52%
claimed · 6.2M of 12M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,225,658 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 2,727 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.51 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.10 · 62.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.41 · 8.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,225,188 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
52% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
12M
tickets printed
6.2M
tickets claimed · 52%
5.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
70%
Tickets left
48%
70% of top prizes remain with only 48% 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
#3 of 10
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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