California· Launched Mar 2025· 581 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.65
USA percentile
42th
of 2,159 games
Top prizes left
15
$30,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-26
Forecast sellout
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MONOPOLY is a $2 scratch-off game from the California lottery (game #1665). It launched in March 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 15 top prizes of $30,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the California lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.10. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 4 of 7 $2 games on sale in California.
THE THESIS
At 0.65 EV/$, this game ranks 4 of 7 same-price games on sale in California (median 0.65).
Total unclaimed prize value: $14.75M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
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.
Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
No other active CA games currently clear break-even.
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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
As of October 26, 2026, 15 of the 28 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 12 prize levels the lottery reports, 2,765,704 of 5,473,821 prizes (51%) remain; the thinnest level is $75, with 47% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $2 ticket returns about $1.3 on average (0.65 per dollar), which ranks 4 of 7 $2 games on sale in California, level with the $2 median of 0.65. Among every California game with a computable value it is 59 of 80; nationally it sits in the 42th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 15,976 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
California also sells another issue of MONOPOLY: game #1669 ($20). Each issue has its own print run and prize pool, so their odds and remaining prizes differ.
Figures come from the prize data the California lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 26, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN CA
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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