$1,000,000 PokerCalifornia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$1,000,000 Poker is one of the California Lottery's $10 games. Only 21% of its winning tickets pay $10 or less; the rest pay more than the ticket cost. Free tickets make up 21% of its winners.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 1.3M now. The $1,000,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Strong expected value of $0.75 per $1: a bigger slice of ticket sales is still sitting in the prize pool than usual.
- About a 29% chance of a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.50), in line with most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 1,200,000 | 18 | 9 | 50% |
| $20,000 | 1 in 1,200,000 | 18 | 10 | 56% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 583,784 | 37 | 20 | 54% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 568,421 | 38 | 23 | 61% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 15,778 | 1,369 | 786 | 57% |
| $500 | 1 in 2,972 | 7,269 | 3,985 | 55% |
| $200 | 1 in 652 | 33,123 | 18,236 | 55% |
| $100 | 1 in 93 | 232,023 | 127,143 | 55% |
| $50 | 1 in 62 | 350,660 | 192,574 | 55% |
| $25 | 1 in 38 | 575,497 | 317,116 | 55% |
| $20 | 1 in 14 | 1,514,820 | 836,212 | 55% |
| $15 | 1 in 10 | 2,156,240 | 1,193,274 | 55% |
| $10 Free ticket | 1 in 17 | 1,296,000 | 724,233 | 56% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since August 8, when our records for it began, 4 $1,000,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 9. The most recent was on October 1.
- October 1, 20261 claimed · 9 left
- September 4, 20261 claimed · 10 left
- August 15, 20262 claimed · 11 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for California's $10 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
- 1725
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 4/20/2026
- Payout %
- 74.7%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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Every $10 ticket in California
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Crossword | 84 | 1 in 3.47 | 78.5% | $750K · 22 | 3.9% |
| Set For Life | 78 | 1 in 3.76 | 78.4% | $6M · 5 | 4.6% |
| $1,000,000 Poker (this game) | 62 | 1 in 3.50 | 74.7% | $1M · 9 | 1.2% |
| Neon Jackpot | 60 | 1 in 3.42 | 74.2% | $1M · 5 | 2.1% |
| California Jackpot | 53 | 1 in 3.42 | 74.0% | $1M · 3 | 0.1% |
| $1,000,000 Money Mania | 45 | 1 in 3.42 | 74.3% | $1M · 2 | 0.8% |
| Mystery Crossword (Game #1708) | 44 | 1 in 3.47 | 78.1% | $750K · 5 | 0.6% |
| California Color Pop | 44 | 1 in 3.50 | 74.5% | $1M · 1 | 0.9% |
| $50 or $100 | 33 | 1 in 8.13 | - | $100 · 142,765 | - |
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.