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$5,000,000 Extreme Cash
California· Launched Aug 2026· 7 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.78
USA percentile
89th
of 2,082 games
Top prizes left
4
$5,000,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-08-31
Forecast sellout
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$5,000,000 Extreme Cash is a $20 scratch-off game from the California (game #1744). It launched in August 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 4 top prizes of $5M remain unclaimed, as published by the California. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.00. Our models put its expected value at 0.78 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.78 per dollar on average at current prize levels.
THE THESIS
At 0.78 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.
- 1.100% of $5.0M prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 89th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
12 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $179.62M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,082 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active CA games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersPrice vs EV — CA field
71 games · break-even highlightedNo other active CA games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a CA game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.