Red, White & Blue 7'sCalifornia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Red, White & Blue 7's is a $5 ticket from the California Lottery. Our estimate for the $250,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 1,593,882 per ticket, from 1 in 1,198,967 at launch. At 1 in 4.73, its overall odds are the longest of California's 12 $5 games. Its expected return of $0.69 per $1 sits $0.02 below the typical $5 ticket in California. On ValueScore it earns 24/100 (Below Avg), good for 12th out of 12 $5 tickets in California.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 1.6M now. The $250,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
- Most of this game's prizes are gone.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250,000 | 1 in 1,200,000 | 18 | 3 | 17% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 600,000 | 36 | 11 | 31% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 15,418 | 1,401 | 343 | 24% |
| $500 | 1 in 3,412 | 6,331 | 1,217 | 19% |
| $100 | 1 in 596 | 36,223 | 7,501 | 21% |
| $50 | 1 in 238 | 90,632 | 18,608 | 21% |
| $30 | 1 in 200 | 108,024 | 22,636 | 21% |
| $20 | 1 in 40 | 540,000 | 116,913 | 22% |
| $15 | 1 in 27 | 810,000 | 175,490 | 22% |
| $10 | 1 in 7 | 2,970,000 | 668,197 | 22% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since July 10, when our records for it began, 11 $250,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 3. The most recent was on September 30.
- September 30, 20261 claimed · 3 left
- September 26, 20261 claimed · 4 left
- September 25, 20261 claimed · 5 left
- August 27, 20261 claimed · 6 left
- August 22, 20262 claimed · 7 left
- August 13, 20261 claimed · 9 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for California's $5 games (1.4% 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
- 1730
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 5/18/2026
- Payout %
- 69.0%
- 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' | 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% |
| Red, White & Blue 7's (this game) | 24 | 1 in 4.73 | 69.0% | $250K · 3 | 2.1% |
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.