MONOPOLYCalifornia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The California Lottery sells MONOPOLY as a $20 ticket. By our estimate the $5,000,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 1,981,753 per ticket, down from 1 in 3,041,966. Free tickets make up 33% of its winners.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 3.0M at launch, about 1 in 2.0M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $5,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Expected value of $0.78 per $1 is above average. More of each dollar comes back as prizes than most games.
- The prize pool is about half spent, half still in circulation.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000,000 | 1 in 3,037,405 | 6 | 4 | 67% |
| $2,500 | 1 in 3,985 | 4,573 | 2,002 | 44% |
| $500 | 1 in 250 | 72,952 | 31,430 | 43% |
| $250 | 1 in 355 | 51,300 | 22,160 | 43% |
| $100 | 1 in 89 | 205,023 | 88,398 | 43% |
| $75 | 1 in 60 | 303,827 | 131,323 | 43% |
| $50 | 1 in 30 | 607,481 | 262,407 | 43% |
| $40 | 1 in 15 | 1,214,962 | 524,770 | 43% |
| $30 | 1 in 15 | 1,214,962 | 528,019 | 43% |
| $20 Free ticket | 1 in 10 | 1,822,443 | 797,141 | 44% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 4 $5,000,000 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for California's $20 games (0.9% 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
- 1669
- Ticket Price
- $20
- Start Date
- 3/24/2025
- Payout %
- 78.4%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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All 13 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 94 | 1 in 3.00 | 79.7% | $5M · 4 | - |
| Golden State Riches | 85 | 1 in 2.89 | 79.2% | $5M · 6 | 0.7% |
| $5,000,000 Extreme Cash | 83 | 1 in 3.00 | 77.4% | $5M · 4 | 2.8% |
| Instant Prize Crossword | 81 | 1 in 3.10 | 78.4% | $2M · 12 | 2.3% |
| Set for Life (Game #1705) | 74 | 1 in 3.32 | 78.5% | $5M · 5 | 0.4% |
| 100X The Cash | 67 | 1 in 3.32 | 78.6% | $5M · 2 | 1.2% |
| Red Carpet Riches | 64 | 1 in 3.10 | 78.3% | $2M · 5 | 0.6% |
| MONOPOLY (this game) | 63 | 1 in 3.32 | 78.4% | $5M · 4 | 0.2% |
| Cash King | 62 | 1 in 3.00 | 77.2% | $5M · 2 | 0.1% |
| Show Me $5,000,000! | 60 | 1 in 3.32 | 78.4% | $5M · 2 | 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.