Planetary Payout — $2 California scratch-off ticket
CA · #1741 · $2

Planetary Payout

California· Launched Aug 2026· 7 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.66

USA percentile

45th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

20

$20,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

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Planetary Payout is a $2 scratch-off game from the California (game #1741). It launched in August 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 20 top prizes of $20 remain unclaimed, as published by the California. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.09. Our models put its expected value at 0.66 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.66 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.66 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $20,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 45th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$20K
20/20
100%
$1K
99/100
$500
777/800
$100
3.2K/3.3K
$50
19.4K/20.0K
$20
145.4K/150.0K
$10
349.0K/360.0K
$5
465.8K/480.0K
$3
700.0K/720.0K
$2
1.2M/1.2M

Total unclaimed prize value: $15.34M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 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 · 45th
USA: 45th percentileCA: 35th 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

Price vs EV — CA field

71 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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