CA · #1736 · $2

Set for Life

California· Launched Jul 2026· 1 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.67

USA percentile

50th

of 1,986 games

Top prizes left

$4,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-07-28

Forecast sellout

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Set for Life is a $2 scratch-off game from the California (game #1736). It launched in July 2026. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.44. Our models put its expected value at 0.67 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.67 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.67 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $1.2M prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 50th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

13 tiers · % remaining
$1.2M
2/2
100%
$3K
21/21
$1K
100/100
$200
560/561
$100
1.5K/1.5K
$75
2.0K/2.0K
$40
16.0K/16.0K
$25
43.8K/43.8K
$20
119.8K/120.0K
$10
239.6K/240.0K
$5
479.3K/480.0K
$3
599.0K/600.0K
$2
1.2M/1.2M

Total unclaimed prize value: $16.09M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,986 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 · 50th
USA: 50th percentileCA: 37th 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

67 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$420.000.250.500.98YOU

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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