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Weak valueActiveRockin' Riches · $1 · California Lottery
Rockin' Riches: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.63 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $1 CA games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $1 CA games
Rockin' Riches is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 49 of the original 105 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 51% of the 25.1M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 4.34
odds of any win
49 of 105
$5K top prizes left
51%
claimed · 12.7M of 25.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,888,216 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 253,686 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.63 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.61 · 61.0% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.02 · 2.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
2,888,167 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
51% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
25.1M
tickets printed
12.7M
tickets claimed · 51%
12.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
47%
Tickets left
49%
47% of top prizes remain with 49% 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 $1 CA peers
#1 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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