Poker NightsCalifornia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The California Lottery sells Poker Nights as a $5 ticket. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $75,000 prize now runs about 1 in 1,776,369 by our estimate, against 1 in 1,201,026 at launch. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 15% of prizes remain.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 1.8M now. The $75,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Late in this game's life: the remaining prize pool is small.
- You get back about $0.70 per $1 on average, which is normal for this price.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $75,000 | 1 in 1,202,560 | 40 | 4 | 10% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 118,479 | 406 | 62 | 15% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 20,051 | 2,399 | 346 | 14% |
| $500 | 1 in 2,999 | 16,040 | 2,013 | 13% |
| $100 | 1 in 334 | 144,228 | 18,789 | 13% |
| $50 | 1 in 100 | 481,008 | 64,830 | 13% |
| $20 | 1 in 40 | 1,202,618 | 165,238 | 14% |
| $15 | 1 in 27 | 1,803,722 | 252,825 | 14% |
| $10 | 1 in 20 | 2,405,181 | 341,450 | 14% |
| $6 | 1 in 16 | 3,006,400 | 457,555 | 15% |
| $5 Free ticket | 1 in 11 | 4,208,960 | 659,727 | 16% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 14 $75,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 4. The most recent was on September 5.
- September 5, 20261 claimed · 4 left
- September 3, 20261 claimed · 5 left
- September 2, 20261 claimed · 6 left
- August 9, 20261 claimed · 7 left
- August 8, 20261 claimed · 8 left
- July 9 to July 28, 20262 claimed · 9 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.7% 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
- 1694
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 9/22/2025
- Payout %
- 70.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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All 11 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOTERIA™ Extra! | 64 | 1 in 3.51 | 71.4% | $100K · 11 | 2.5% |
| Poker Multiplier | 62 | 1 in 3.62 | 70.1% | $75K · 22 | 2.5% |
| Full of 500's | 49 | 1 in 4.43 | 71.0% | $500 · 16,649 | 4.6% |
| JAWS | 46 | 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 | 39 | 1 in 3.82 | 68.9% | $75K · 16 | 1.4% |
| LOTERIA™ Extra! (Game #1688) | 34 | 1 in 3.51 | 71.4% | $100K · 3 | 0.1% |
| Poker Nights (this game) | 33 | 1 in 3.62 | 70.1% | $75K · 4 | 0.7% |
| SuperLotto Plus® Multiplier | 33 | 1 in 3.81 | 63.0% | $500K · 5 | 1.6% |
| Cash Crush | 25 | 1 in 4.53 | 67.6% | $250K · 6 | 0.6% |
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.