Tripling Bonus Crossword — $3 California scratch-off ticket
CA · #1720 · $3

Tripling Bonus Crossword

California· Launched Mar 2026· 161 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.64

USA percentile

39th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

8

$20,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-31

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, 8 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 0.64 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.64 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.64 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.40% of $20,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 39th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

16 tiers · % remaining
$20K
8/20
40%
$3K
24/41
$1K
60/114
$300
207/414
$150
1.1K/2.2K
$100
8.6K/16.7K
$60
11.0K/21.8K
$50
33.9K/66.2K
$30
40.4K/79.4K
$20
74.9K/144.8K
$15
98.3K/191.3K
$12
123.5K/238.4K
$10
199.8K/386.3K
$5
1.0M/2.0M
$4
1.4M/2.6M
$3
792.1K/1.4M

Total unclaimed prize value: $24.48M — 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 · 39th
USA: 39th percentileCA: 24th 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 · -6%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

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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