CA · #1720 · $3

Tripling Bonus Crossword

California· Launched Mar 2026· 135 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.65

USA percentile

41th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

$20,000 tier

% sold-through

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2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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Tripling Bonus Crossword is a $3 scratch-off game from the California (game #1720). It launched in March 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 13 top prizes of $20 remain unclaimed, as published by the California. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.34. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.65 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

1.65% of $20,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
2.Ranks in the 41st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.

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Prize ladder

16 tiers · % remaining

$20K

13/20

65%

$3K

27/41

$1K

70/114

$300

238/414

$150

1.3K/2.2K

$100

9.7K/16.7K

$60

12.5K/21.8K

$50

38.6K/66.2K

$30

46.1K/79.4K

$20

85.0K/144.8K

$15

111.9K/191.3K

$12

140.4K/238.4K

$10

226.8K/386.3K

1.2M/2.0M

1.6M/2.6M

887.1K/1.4M

Total unclaimed prize value: $27.82M — 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 · 41th

USA: 41th percentileCA: 25th 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 · +4%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — CA field

67 games · break-even highlighted

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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