How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in Millionaire Maker?

3 of 4 as of November 2, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 3,401,092.

What are the odds of winning anything on Millionaire Maker?

1 in 2.88 as of November 2, 2026, compared with 1 in 2.83 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.03, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.64.

Is Millionaire Maker worth buying?

Its current payout is 78.3% ($15.67 back per $20 ticket), rank #— of 55 in California. The best $20 alternative as of November 2, 2026 is 100X (#1696, $20) at 79.5%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Millionaire Maker tickets are left?

We estimate 10,203,275 of roughly 19,583,130 printed tickets are unsold (47.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Millionaire Maker launch and is it still on sale?

We first saw it on December 30, 2024. It has ended.

Millionaire Maker — $20 California Scratcher #1585

Final figures from April 10, 2025 · ended

Millionaire Maker California scratcher ticket

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Millionaire Maker (#1585) was a $20 California scratcher. Its final figures, from April 10, 2025, were 78.3% payout ($15.67 expected back per ticket), 1 in 2.88 for any prize and 1 in 3,401,092 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 0.0 points (78.4% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 1.8% (1 in 2.83 at launch). 3 of 4 top prizes of $5,000,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 47.9% of its tickets had sold. Millionaire Maker is no longer on sale in California; the figures below are final as of April 10, 2025.

Current payout

78.3%

78.4% at launch

Expected value

$15.67

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 2.88

1 in 2.83 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.03

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.64

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 1,946

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

3 of 4

$5,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

52.1%

≈ 10,203,275 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Millionaire Maker, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other California game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 3,544,426 of 6,927,153 prizes (51.2%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$5,000,000	1 in 5,000,000	1 in 3,401,092	4	1	3	75.0%
$2,000,000	1 in 5,000,000	1 in 10,203,275	4	3	1	25.0%
$1,000,000	1 in 5,000,000	1 in 5,101,638	4	2	2	50.0%
$100,000	1 in 1,666,667	1 in 1,275,409	12	4	8	66.7%
$50,000	1 in 65,359	1 in 64,989	299	142	157	52.5%
$5,000	1 in 58,480	1 in 59,321	335	163	172	51.3%
$1,000	1 in 2,064	1 in 2,082	9,490	4,590	4,900	51.6%
$500	1 in 404.0	1 in 413.0	48,522	23,819	24,703	50.9%
$100	1 in 33.0	1 in 33.3	601,920	295,543	306,377	50.9%
$50	1 in 21.0	1 in 21.9	913,918	448,296	465,622	50.9%
$30	1 in 30.0	1 in 30.6	652,771	319,301	333,470	51.1%
$25	1 in 25.0	1 in 25.5	783,248	383,109	400,139	51.1%
$20	1 in 10.0	1 in 10.2	1,958,313	957,131	1,001,182	51.1%
Ticketfree ticket	1 in 10.0	1 in 10.1	1,958,313	950,623	1,007,690	51.5%
All prizes	1 in 2.83	1 in 2.88	6,927,153	3,382,727	3,544,426	51.2%

How Millionaire Maker has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Millionaire Maker. 96 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

April 10, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 4,900 remain.
April 9, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 4,901 remain.
April 8, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 4,902 remain.
April 5, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 4,904 remain.
April 2, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 4,906 remain.
March 29, 2025: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 4,908 remain.
March 28, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 4,912 remain.
March 27, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 4,914 remain.
March 26, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 172 remain.
March 26, 2025: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 4,916 remain.
March 25, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 4,920 remain.
March 22, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 173 remain.

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

Millionaire Maker: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in Millionaire Maker?: 3 of 4 as of November 2, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 3,401,092.
What are the odds of winning anything on Millionaire Maker?: 1 in 2.88 as of November 2, 2026, compared with 1 in 2.83 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.03, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.64.
Is Millionaire Maker worth buying?: Its current payout is 78.3% ($15.67 back per $20 ticket), rank #— of 55 in California. The best $20 alternative as of November 2, 2026 is 100X (#1696, $20) at 79.5%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Millionaire Maker tickets are left?: We estimate 10,203,275 of roughly 19,583,130 printed tickets are unsold (47.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Millionaire Maker launch and is it still on sale?: We first saw it on December 30, 2024. It has ended.

Other $20 California scratchers

100X — 79.5% payout, 1 in 3.07 any prize
2027 — 79.4% payout, 1 in 3.06 any prize
Golden State Riches — 79.1% payout, 1 in 2.89 any prize
Set for Life — 78.9% payout, 1 in 3.62 any prize
MONOPOLY — 78.6% payout, 1 in 3.49 any prize

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