California Fantasy 5 Odds and Payouts (October 2026)
Every prize tier, its real odds, and — the part nobody else publishes — what each one contributes to what a $1 ticket is actually worth.
Every prize tier
| Match | Odds | Prize | Worth per ticket | Share of return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 in 575,757 | Jackpot | varies | — |
| 4 | 1 in 3,387 | $335 | $0.10 | 24% |
| 3 | 1 in 102.63 | $11 | $0.11 | 26% |
| 2 | 1 in 9.62 | $2 | $0.21 | 50% |
| All fixed prizes | 1 in 8.77 | — | $0.41 | 100% |
What the jackpot adds to a ticket depends on how many tickets are in play, and that is the one number a lottery has to publish for anyone to check: per-draw winner counts. Fantasy 5 does not, so this page prices every tier it can price exactly and says nothing about the one it cannot.
How this compares with a scratcher
A $1 Fantasy 5 ticket returns 41 cents on the dollar in fixed prizes. Scratchers publish enough detail for us to compute the same figure for every game on sale, and the answer is consistently much higher — because a scratcher has no jackpot soaking up the prize pool. Right now the best in California returns 83 cents. See every California ticket ranked.
That is not an argument for switching — a scratcher has no jackpot, and the jackpot is what people are buying. It is just the trade, stated plainly.
Frequently asked questions
- What are the odds of winning the Fantasy 5 jackpot?
- 1 in 575,757. You must match all 5 numbers.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Fantasy 5?
- 1 in 8.77. Bear in mind that the most common win by far is the smallest prize — matching 2 numbers, at 1 in 9.62.
- How much is a Fantasy 5 ticket actually worth?
- Excluding the jackpot, $0.41 per $1 ticket — 41 cents on the dollar. What the jackpot adds depends on how many tickets are in play, and Fantasy 5 does not publish the winner counts that would let us measure that, so we do not guess.