Set For LifeCalifornia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Set For Life costs $10 a ticket from the California Lottery. Its expected return of $0.78 per $1 runs $0.04 ahead of the typical $10 ticket in California. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.76 trail the 1 in 3.47 typical of California's $10 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- $0.78 back per dollar puts this game's return ahead of the pack.
- Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated November 7Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,000,000 ($20,000 a month for 25 years) | 1 in 3,000,000 | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 600,000 | 25 | 18 | 72% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 12,000 | 1,250 | 941 | 75% |
| $500 | 1 in 7,466 | 2,009 | 1,443 | 72% |
| $400 | 1 in 4,011 | 3,740 | 2,661 | 71% |
| $100 | 1 in 100 | 150,039 | 107,872 | 72% |
| $50 | 1 in 133 | 112,483 | 81,157 | 72% |
| $40 | 1 in 120 | 124,986 | 90,062 | 72% |
| $30 | 1 in 50 | 299,950 | 216,608 | 72% |
| $20 | 1 in 17 | 900,000 | 651,879 | 72% |
| $15 | 1 in 10 | 1,500,000 | 1,089,574 | 73% |
| $10 Free ticket | 1 in 17 | 900,000 | 656,247 | 73% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on September 22, one $6,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 4. The most recent was on November 6.
| Date | What happened | Top prizes left |
|---|---|---|
| September 22 | Launched | 5 |
| November 6 | 1 claimed | 4 |
| November 7 | Latest count | 4 |
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 3.9% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 3 times the average for California's $10 games (1.2% a week). By tickets sold, it is the estimated #6 best seller of the 48 California tickets we can rank, at about 580,000 tickets 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
- 1748
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 9/21/2026
- Payout %
- 78.4%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 11/7/2026
Compare
Compare this game with another →Official Source
View on California Lottery ↗Simulate This Game
Run a virtual scratch-off using this game's real odds.
Entertainment only. Outcomes are random and won't match a real session. Current-odds mode scales each tier by remaining prizes and tickets.
Frequently Asked Questions
Every $10 ticket in California
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Crossword | 75 | 1 in 3.47 | 78.5% | $750K · 17 | 4.2% |
| Set For Life (this game) | 74 | 1 in 3.76 | 78.4% | $6M · 4 | 3.9% |
| Polar Payout | 70 | 1 in 3.61 | 74.0% | $1M · 4 | 5.1% |
| $1,000,000 Poker | 61 | 1 in 3.50 | 74.7% | $1M · 9 | 1.1% |
| Neon Jackpot | 57 | 1 in 3.42 | 74.2% | $1M · 5 | 1.7% |
| California Jackpot | 54 | 1 in 3.42 | 74.0% | $1M · 3 | 0.0% |
| California Color Pop | 46 | 1 in 3.50 | 74.5% | $1M · 1 | 0.4% |
| $1,000,000 Money Mania | 45 | 1 in 3.42 | 74.3% | $1M · 2 | 0.5% |
| Mystery Crossword (Game #1708) | 43 | 1 in 3.47 | 78.1% | $750K · 5 | 0.3% |
| $50 or $100 | 24 | 1 in 8.13 | - | $100 · 112,885 | - |
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.