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Red Carpet RichesCalifornia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: California Lottery
64
VALUESCORE
Good
$20CaliforniaGame #1714GREEN
At a glance

Red Carpet Riches is one of the California Lottery's $20 games. Free tickets make up 41% of its winners. At launch, about 1 in 242,354 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.10
Exp. Value
$0.78
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$2,000,000
Top Prizes Left
5
Prizes Remaining
43%
ValueScore™
64 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.78
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
A solid pick: #13, ahead of roughly 76% of California's 51 active games, and 6th out of 12 $20 tickets in California.
Why
↑Frequent winners: roughly a 32% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.10), ahead of most games.
  • The prize pool gives back $0.78 of every $1, better than most games manage.
  • The prize pool is about half spent, half still in circulation.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14
$2,000,000
5 of 12 left
launch odds 1 in 1.2M
now ~1 in 1.2M
$25,000
15 of 24 left
launch odds 1 in 606K
now ~1 in 416K
$10,000
10 of 24 left
launch odds 1 in 606K
now ~1 in 625K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$2,000,0001 in 1,212,930125
42%
$25,0001 in 606,4652415
63%
$10,0001 in 606,4652410
42%
$5,0001 in 117,38012456
45%
$2,0001 in 3,9803,6571,639
45%
$1,0001 in 1,4999,7134,243
44%
$5001 in 57125,48810,802
42%
$2501 in 40036,40715,475
43%
$2001 in 18578,77433,421
42%
$1001 in 40363,962154,705
43%
$501 in 21679,182288,651
42%
$251 in 91,552,668667,624
43%
$20
Free ticket
1 in 81,940,688838,181
43%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$228,073,310
Current Prize Pool
$97,587,220
Payout Percentage
42.8%
Total Prizes Remaining
2,014,827

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
14,541,241
Estimated Remaining
6,245,964
% Remaining
43.0%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since March 6, when our records for it began, 6 $2,000,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 5. The most recent was on September 13.

110
March 6October 14
  • September 13, 20261 claimed · 5 left
  • August 2, 20261 claimed · 6 left
  • July 12, 20261 claimed · 7 left
  • May 15, 20261 claimed · 8 left
  • March 27, 20262 claimed · 9 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than the average for California's $20 games (0.9% 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

64
VALUESCORE
Good
64
out of 100
Expected Value
30/40
Prize Quality
11/25
Win Frequency
16/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/14/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1714
Ticket Price
$20
Start Date
1/19/2026
Payout %
78.3%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/14/2026

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$20.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.10 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Red Carpet Riches scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. Red Carpet Riches scores 64/100 (Good) and is 6th out of 12 $20 tickets in California. It pays back about $0.78 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the Red Carpet Riches scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Red Carpet Riches are 1 in 3.10. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Red Carpet Riches?
The top prize for Red Carpet Riches is $2,000,000. As of our latest update, 5 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $20 ticket in California

All 12 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Golden State Riches861 in 2.8979.2%$5M · 60.7%
Instant Prize Crossword831 in 3.1078.4%$2M · 122.2%
$5,000,000 Extreme Cash831 in 3.0077.4%$5M · 42.9%
Set for Life (Game #1705)741 in 3.3278.5%$5M · 50.4%
100X The Cash671 in 3.3278.6%$5M · 21.2%
Red Carpet Riches (this game)641 in 3.1078.3%$2M · 50.6%
MONOPOLY631 in 3.3278.4%$5M · 40.2%
Cash King621 in 3.0077.2%$5M · 20.1%
Show Me $5,000,000!601 in 3.3278.4%$5M · 20.1%
100X511 in 3.0077.2%$5M · 20.4%

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.