How many $500,000 prizes are left in Hot Spot Multiplier?

5 of 15 as of September 26, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,392,891.

What are the odds of winning anything on Hot Spot Multiplier?

1 in 3.69 today, compared with 1 in 3.72 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.17, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 5.18.

Is Hot Spot Multiplier worth buying?

Its current payout is 70.6% ($3.53 back per $5 ticket), rank #— of 58 in California. The best $5 alternative today is LOTERIA™ Extra! (#1688, $5) at 74.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Hot Spot Multiplier tickets are left?

We estimate 6,964,454 of roughly 17,617,236 printed tickets are unsold (62.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Hot Spot Multiplier launch and is it still on sale?

We first saw it on February 18, 2025. It has ended.

Hot Spot Multiplier — $5 California Scratcher #1663

Final figures from September 28, 2025 · ended

Hot Spot Multiplier California scratcher ticket

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Hot Spot Multiplier (#1663) was a $5 California scratcher. Its final figures, from September 28, 2025, were 70.6% payout ($3.53 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.69 for any prize and 1 in 1,392,891 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 0.1 points (70.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 0.6% (1 in 3.72 at launch). 5 of 15 top prizes of $500,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 62.7% of its tickets had sold. Hot Spot Multiplier is no longer on sale in California; the figures below are final as of September 28, 2025.

Current payout

70.6%

70.8% at launch

Expected value

$3.53

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.69

1 in 3.72 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 5.17

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.18

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 47,057

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

5 of 15

$500,000 each

Tickets remaining

37.3%

≈ 6,964,454 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Hot Spot Multiplier, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 1,886,066 of 4,741,898 prizes (39.8%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$500,000	1 in 1,204,597	1 in 1,392,891	15	10	5	33.3%
$10,000	1 in 582,870	1 in 633,132	31	20	11	35.5%
$1,000	1 in 58,287	1 in 52,761	310	178	132	42.6%
$500	1 in 3,996	1 in 4,068	4,522	2,810	1,712	37.9%
$100	1 in 400.0	1 in 401.8	45,145	27,813	17,332	38.4%
$50	1 in 250.0	1 in 247.9	72,395	44,304	28,091	38.8%
$30	1 in 123.0	1 in 121.0	147,375	89,825	57,550	39.1%
$20	1 in 40.0	1 in 39.1	451,699	273,411	178,288	39.5%
$15	1 in 33.0	1 in 32.6	542,044	328,717	213,327	39.4%
$10	1 in 18.0	1 in 17.7	993,880	599,698	394,182	39.7%
$6	1 in 16.0	1 in 15.3	1,129,310	675,176	454,134	40.2%
Ticketfree ticket	1 in 13.0	1 in 12.9	1,355,172	813,870	541,302	39.9%
All prizes	1 in 3.72	1 in 3.69	4,741,898	2,855,832	1,886,066	39.8%

How Hot Spot Multiplier has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Hot Spot Multiplier. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 25, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 132 remain.
September 24, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 133 remain.
September 23, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 135 remain.
September 18, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 137 remain.
September 17, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 138 remain.
September 13, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 140 remain.
September 3, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 141 remain.
August 29, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 142 remain.
August 27, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 143 remain.
August 23, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 145 remain.
August 22, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 146 remain.
August 21, 2025: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 11 remain.

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

Hot Spot Multiplier: common questions

How many $500,000 prizes are left in Hot Spot Multiplier?: 5 of 15 as of September 26, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,392,891.
What are the odds of winning anything on Hot Spot Multiplier?: 1 in 3.69 today, compared with 1 in 3.72 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.17, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 5.18.
Is Hot Spot Multiplier worth buying?: Its current payout is 70.6% ($3.53 back per $5 ticket), rank #— of 58 in California. The best $5 alternative today is LOTERIA™ Extra! (#1688, $5) at 74.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Hot Spot Multiplier tickets are left?: We estimate 6,964,454 of roughly 17,617,236 printed tickets are unsold (62.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Hot Spot Multiplier launch and is it still on sale?: We first saw it on February 18, 2025. It has ended.

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