Learn how the top 10 California Scratchers rank by current Return on Investment.
These are the ten California Scratchers with the highest current winning Return on Investment. Each card gives the figure the Scratcher launched with, its current figure, the change between them and its ticket cost.
Want to compare games beyond California? Explore the top 10 scratch-off tickets in nearby states and see which tickets currently have the highest Return on Investment.
A California Scratcher's ROI moves after launch, and the ranking shows where each one stands right now.
California calls its scratch-off tickets Scratchers, and the California Lottery has sold them since 1985. With so many Scratchers on sale at once, comparing them one page at a time is slow. Scratch Ticket Genie collects the published prize data and ranks the ten Scratchers with the highest current winning Return on Investment.
Return on Investment weighs a Scratcher's published prize pool against the cost of its tickets, and it is shown as a percentage. The initial figure is set at launch and the current figure shifts as prizes are claimed. It is a way to compare Scratchers with one another, not an expected return, and it does not signal what any ticket holds.
Rank the California Scratchers by current return on investment with data the California Lottery publishes. Every figure is verified against official prize records before it appears here, giving readers a clear way to compare Scratchers across price points. ROI is a comparison metric, not an expected return.
It ranks California Scratchers by current winning Return on Investment, calculated from prize data the California Lottery publishes.
California is refreshed every three days. When a Scratcher is newly released or a large prize is claimed, the ranking is updated that same day rather than at the next scheduled refresh.
No. Ranking compares prize data only, and no ranking can predict what an individual Scratcher will reveal.
California has a large number of Scratchers on sale at any one time, so a list of ten keeps the comparison usable.
From official California Lottery sources.
No. Scratch Ticket Genie is an information site. California Scratchers are sold by the California Lottery and its licensed retailers.
Browse the current top 10 California Scratchers and compare initial ROI, current ROI, ROI change and ticket cost. All figures come from official California Lottery sources.
