Set for LifeCalifornia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Set for Life is one of the California Lottery's $2 games. At 1 in 4.44, its overall odds are the longest of California's 7 $2 games. Its ValueScore of 28/100 (Below Avg) makes it 6th out of 7 $2 tickets in California.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 6.0M at launch, about 1 in 4.6M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $1,200,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Expected value of $0.67 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
- Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,200,000 ($4,000 a month for 25 years) | 1 in 6,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| $3,000 | 1 in 571,429 | 21 | 8 | 38% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 120,000 | 100 | 37 | 37% |
| $200 | 1 in 21,390 | 561 | 195 | 35% |
| $100 | 1 in 7,937 | 1,512 | 511 | 34% |
| $75 | 1 in 5,911 | 2,030 | 658 | 32% |
| $40 | 1 in 750 | 15,996 | 5,301 | 33% |
| $25 | 1 in 274 | 43,831 | 15,307 | 35% |
| $20 | 1 in 100 | 120,000 | 41,651 | 35% |
| $10 | 1 in 50 | 240,000 | 85,909 | 36% |
| $5 | 1 in 25 | 480,000 | 178,788 | 37% |
| $3 | 1 in 20 | 600,000 | 230,280 | 38% |
| $2 Free ticket | 1 in 10 | 1,200,000 | 470,187 | 39% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on July 28, one $1,200,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on October 1.
- October 1, 20261 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 3.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about twice the average for California's $2 games (1.8% 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
- 1736
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 7/27/2026
- Payout %
- 67.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $2 ticket in California
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planetary Payout | 47 | 1 in 4.09 | 65.8% | $20K · 15 | 2.4% |
| Boo Bucks | 44 | 1 in 4.10 | 66.1% | $30K · 7 | 6.9% |
| Dominoes | 40 | 1 in 4.10 | 66.2% | $30K · 10 | 0.3% |
| MONOPOLY (Game #1665) | 37 | 1 in 4.10 | 66.1% | $30K · 15 | 0.1% |
| GOOOAAAL! | 34 | 1 in 4.09 | 65.7% | $20K · 11 | 0.4% |
| Set for Life (this game) | 28 | 1 in 4.44 | 67.1% | $1.2M · 1 | 3.6% |
| Ca$h Doubler | 24 | 1 in 4.24 | 65.6% | $20K · 8 | 0.9% |
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.