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Weak valueActiveTripling Bonus Crossword · $3 · California Lottery
Tripling Bonus Crossword: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.93 on average.
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 CA games
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 CA games
Tripling Bonus Crossword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the California state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.3%, down 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 8 of the original 20 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 24.0M printed tickets have been sold.
64.3%
expected return
1 in 3.34
odds of any win
8 of 20
$20K top prizes left
46%
claimed · 11M of 24M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,890,629 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $3
$4 – $300, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 140,813 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.93 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $300
$1.91 · 63.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.02 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
3,890,537 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
24M
tickets printed
11M
tickets claimed · 46%
13M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
54%
40% of top prizes remain with 54% 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 $3 CA peers
#2 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from California Lottery published claim data.
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