CA · #1705 · $20

set for life

California· Launched Nov 2025· 217 days on shelf· scanned yesterday

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EV / Dollar

0.86

USA percentile

98th

of 1,870 games

Top prizes left

$200,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-06-21

Forecast sellout

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set for life is a $20 scratch-off game from the California (game #1705). It launched in November 2025. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.32. Our models put its expected value at 0.86 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.86 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.86 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $5.0M prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 98th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$5M
6/6
100%
$2.5K
2.6K/4.5K
$500
37.6K/72.2K
$250
26.4K/50.7K
$100
105.9K/202.6K
$75
156.4K/300.4K
$50
313.8K/600.5K
$40
630.2K/1.2M
$30
631.3K/1.2M
$20
953.1K/1.8M

Total unclaimed prize value: $163.15M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,870 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 median0.70 EV/$
YOU · 98th
USA: 98th percentileCA: 97th 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 · -12%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — CA field

58 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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