California Dreamin'California Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
California Dreamin' is one of the California Lottery's $5 games. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $555,555 prize has improved to about 1 in 765,904, from 1 in 1,517,744 at launch. 52% of its winning tickets pay $5 or less, no more than the ticket cost.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.5M at launch, about 1 in 766K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $555,555 prizes have been claimed.
- Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
- Win rate is typical, around 27% per ticket (1 in 3.75).
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $555,555 | 1 in 1,518,273 | 12 | 5 | 42% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 607,309 | 30 | 6 | 20% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 60,329 | 302 | 60 | 20% |
| $500 | 1 in 3,978 | 4,580 | 891 | 19% |
| $100 | 1 in 342 | 53,223 | 10,545 | 20% |
| $50 | 1 in 199 | 91,545 | 18,245 | 20% |
| $25 | 1 in 92 | 197,221 | 39,988 | 20% |
| $20 | 1 in 40 | 455,482 | 91,208 | 20% |
| $15 | 1 in 33 | 546,211 | 110,769 | 20% |
| $10 | 1 in 18 | 1,002,199 | 210,325 | 21% |
| $5 Free ticket | 1 in 13 | 1,366,446 | 296,377 | 22% |
| $5 | 1 in 16 | 1,139,530 | 242,786 | 21% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $555,555 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 5. The most recent was on March 10.
- March 10, 20261 claimed · 5 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for California's $5 games (1.7% 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
- 1680
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 6/23/2025
- Payout %
- 70.8%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in California
All 12 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Delight | 64 | 1 in 3.76 | 70.7% | $250K · 10 | - |
| Poker Multiplier | 61 | 1 in 3.62 | 70.1% | $75K · 22 | 2.5% |
| LOTERIA™ Extra! | 60 | 1 in 3.51 | 71.4% | $100K · 11 | 2.5% |
| Full of 500's | 47 | 1 in 4.43 | 71.0% | $500 · 15,714 | 4.3% |
| JAWS | 45 | 1 in 3.81 | 70.8% | $500K · 9 | 1.0% |
| California Dreamin' (this game) | 40 | 1 in 3.75 | 70.8% | $556K · 5 | 0.0% |
| MEGA Crossword | 38 | 1 in 3.82 | 68.9% | $75K · 15 | 1.4% |
| LOTERIA™ Extra! (Game #1688) | 38 | 1 in 3.51 | 71.4% | $100K · 3 | 0.1% |
| Poker Nights | 33 | 1 in 3.62 | 70.1% | $75K · 3 | 0.5% |
| SuperLotto Plus® Multiplier | 32 | 1 in 3.81 | 63.0% | $500K · 5 | 1.5% |
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.