$1 Million California CashCalifornia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$1 Million California Cash is a $40 ticket from the California Lottery. On ValueScore it earns 99/100 (Excellent), good for the top-ranked $40 ticket in California right now. Its overall odds of 1 in 2.32 are the best of the 3 $40 tickets California sells. It went on sale on September 21, 2026, so 94% of its prizes are still unclaimed. 70% of its winning tickets pay $40 or less, no more than the ticket cost.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Frequent winners: roughly a 43% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 2.32), ahead of most games.
- Plenty of prizes remain in circulation across this game.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 375,000 | 40 | 39 | 98% |
| $50,000 | 1 in 750,000 | 20 | 20 | 100% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 29,528 | 508 | 495 | 97% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 6,027 | 2,489 | 2,426 | 97% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 985 | 15,222 | 14,673 | 96% |
| $500 | 1 in 480 | 31,218 | 29,505 | 95% |
| $400 | 1 in 60 | 249,813 | 235,822 | 94% |
| $200 | 1 in 116 | 129,438 | 122,180 | 94% |
| $100 | 1 in 29 | 525,141 | 495,799 | 94% |
| $50 | 1 in 15 | 1,000,000 | 944,434 | 94% |
| $40 Free ticket | 1 in 6 | 2,500,000 | 2,361,523 | 94% |
| $40 | 1 in 8 | 2,000,000 | 1,889,022 | 94% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on September 22, one $1,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 39. The most recent was on October 1.
- October 1, 20261 claimed · 39 left
How fast it's selling
Since it launched on September 21, about 2.3% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week. New games usually sell fastest in their first weeks.
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
- 1749
- Ticket Price
- $40
- Start Date
- 9/21/2026
- Payout %
- 80.7%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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Every $40 ticket in California
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 Million California Cash (this game) | 99 | 1 in 2.32 | 80.7% | $1M · 39 | 2.3% |
| Royal Jackpot | 85 | 1 in 2.43 | 80.8% | $15M · 3 | 0.9% |
| 40 Years of Play! | 57 | 1 in 2.85 | 80.2% | $15M · 1 | 0.1% |
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.