$1,000,000 Money ManiaCalifornia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The California Lottery sells $1,000,000 Money Mania as a $10 ticket. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $1,000,000 prize now runs about 1 in 2,362,435 by our estimate, against 1 in 1,950,561 at launch. No $10 ticket in California has better overall odds: 1 in 3.42, against 9 others at that price. At a ValueScore of 45/100 (Fair), it is 8th of the 10 active $10 games in California.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 2.0M at launch, about 1 in 2.4M now. The $1,000,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Most of this game's prizes are gone.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.74 per $1 spent.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 1,950,462 | 13 | 2 | 15% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 396,188 | 64 | 14 | 22% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 201,238 | 126 | 26 | 21% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 2,671 | 9,492 | 1,843 | 19% |
| $500 | 1 in 1,369 | 18,520 | 3,322 | 18% |
| $100 | 1 in 89 | 285,315 | 51,733 | 18% |
| $50 | 1 in 100 | 253,924 | 45,684 | 18% |
| $40 | 1 in 100 | 253,682 | 45,943 | 18% |
| $30 | 1 in 100 | 253,775 | 46,340 | 18% |
| $25 | 1 in 50 | 507,539 | 93,631 | 18% |
| $20 | 1 in 20 | 1,267,508 | 235,652 | 19% |
| $15 | 1 in 10 | 2,536,020 | 466,174 | 18% |
| $10 Free ticket | 1 in 25 | 1,014,240 | 195,287 | 19% |
| $10 | 1 in 25 | 1,014,194 | 195,890 | 19% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 27, when our records for it began, 4 $1,000,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on September 19.
- September 19, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- September 11, 20261 claimed · 3 left
- May 15, 20261 claimed · 4 left
- April 24, 20261 claimed · 5 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.7% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for California's $10 games (1.9% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- California
- Game Number
- 1713
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 1/19/2026
- Payout %
- 74.3%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $10 ticket in California
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Crossword | 79 | 1 in 3.47 | 78.5% | $750K · 21 | 4.0% |
| Set For Life | 78 | 1 in 3.76 | 78.4% | $6M · 5 | 4.6% |
| Polar Payout | 71 | 1 in 3.61 | 74.0% | $1M · 4 | - |
| $1,000,000 Poker | 61 | 1 in 3.50 | 74.7% | $1M · 9 | 1.1% |
| Neon Jackpot | 57 | 1 in 3.42 | 74.2% | $1M · 5 | 2.0% |
| California Jackpot | 54 | 1 in 3.42 | 74.0% | $1M · 3 | 0.1% |
| California Color Pop | 46 | 1 in 3.50 | 74.5% | $1M · 1 | 0.7% |
| $1,000,000 Money Mania (this game) | 45 | 1 in 3.42 | 74.3% | $1M · 2 | 0.7% |
| Mystery Crossword (Game #1708) | 45 | 1 in 3.47 | 78.1% | $750K · 5 | 0.5% |
| $50 or $100 | 27 | 1 in 8.13 | - | $100 · 134,561 | - |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.