JAWSCalifornia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The California Lottery sells JAWS as a $5 ticket. Free tickets make up 29% of its winners. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 51,607 tickets.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- A reasonable chunk of the top and mid-tier prizes are still available, though not the majority.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.71 per $1 spent.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 1,200,000 | 20 | 9 | 45% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 600,000 | 40 | 15 | 38% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 59,259 | 405 | 181 | 45% |
| $500 | 1 in 3,980 | 6,030 | 2,573 | 43% |
| $100 | 1 in 398 | 60,256 | 25,375 | 42% |
| $50 | 1 in 249 | 96,213 | 41,139 | 43% |
| $30 | 1 in 123 | 195,339 | 84,524 | 43% |
| $20 | 1 in 40 | 600,000 | 261,737 | 44% |
| $15 | 1 in 33 | 719,518 | 313,044 | 44% |
| $10 | 1 in 18 | 1,320,723 | 582,239 | 44% |
| $6 | 1 in 16 | 1,500,000 | 688,247 | 46% |
| $5 Free ticket | 1 in 13 | 1,800,000 | 822,154 | 46% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since June 14, when our records for it began, 7 $500,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 9. The most recent was on October 11.
- October 11, 20261 claimed · 9 left
- October 7, 20261 claimed · 10 left
- October 1, 20261 claimed · 11 left
- July 30, 20261 claimed · 12 left
- July 11, 20261 claimed · 13 left
- July 10, 20261 claimed · 14 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than the average for California's $5 games (1.6% 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
- 1724
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 4/20/2026
- 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 (this game) | 45 | 1 in 3.81 | 70.8% | $500K · 9 | 1.0% |
| California Dreamin' | 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.