CA · #1712 · $5

Cash Crush

California· Launched Jan 2026· 198 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

58th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

8

$250,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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Cash Crush is a $5 scratch-off game from the California (game #1712). It launched in January 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 8 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, as published by the California. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.53. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.69 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.57% of $250,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 58th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$250K
8/14
57%
$10K
8/29
$1K
459/1.4K
$500
2.0K/6.5K
$100
13.4K/42.7K
$50
27.3K/85.4K
$30
36.6K/113.8K
$20
138.3K/426.9K
$15
213.3K/640.4K
$10
397.3K/1.2M
$6
453.3K/1.3M

Total unclaimed prize value: $20.00M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where 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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
CA median0.71 EV/$
YOU · 58th
USA: 58th percentileCA: 42th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -6%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — CA field

67 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$420.000.250.500.97YOU

No 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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