How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in $5,000,000 Extreme Cash?

4 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,285,666.

What are the odds of winning anything on $5,000,000 Extreme Cash?

1 in 3.14 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.00 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.14, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.28.

Is $5,000,000 Extreme Cash worth buying?

Its current payout is 76.9% ($15.38 back per $20 ticket), rank #13 of 55 in California. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 100X (#1696, $20) at 79.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $5,000,000 Extreme Cash tickets are left?

We estimate 9,142,666 of roughly 12,000,000 printed tickets are unsold (23.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $5,000,000 Extreme Cash launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on August 24, 2026. It is still on sale.

$5,000,000 Extreme Cash — $20 California Scratcher #1744

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:29 UTC · launched August 24, 2026

$5,000,000 Extreme Cash California scratcher ticket

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$5,000,000 Extreme Cash (#1744) is a $20 California scratcher launched on August 24, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #13 of 55 active games on current payout (76.9%, $15.38 expected back per ticket) and #8 of 13 $20 games, #12 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.14) and #42 on top-prize odds (1 in 2,285,666). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.5 points (77.4% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 4.5% (1 in 3.00 at launch). 4 of 4 top prizes of $5,000,000 remain, and we estimate 9,142,666 tickets are still unsold (23.8% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout

76.9%

77.4% at launch

Expected value

$15.38

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.14

1 in 3.00 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.14

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.28

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 4,215

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

4 of 4

$5,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

76.2%

≈ 9,142,666 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $5,000,000 Extreme Cash, 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, 2,912,683 of 4,004,840 prizes (72.7%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$5,000,000	1 in 3,000,000	1 in 2,285,666	4	0	4	100.0%
$100,000	1 in 1,200,000	1 in 1,142,833	10	2	8	80.0%
$10,000	1 in 58,824	1 in 58,607	204	48	156	76.5%
$1,000	1 in 4,598	1 in 4,569	2,610	609	2,001	76.7%
$500	1 in 459.0	1 in 480.1	26,163	7,120	19,043	72.8%
$250	1 in 158.0	1 in 166.1	76,023	20,976	55,047	72.4%
$100	1 in 40.0	1 in 42.1	299,826	82,771	217,055	72.4%
$50	1 in 30.0	1 in 31.5	400,000	109,903	290,097	72.5%
$40	1 in 30.0	1 in 31.5	400,000	109,459	290,541	72.6%
$30	1 in 30.0	1 in 31.4	400,000	109,243	290,757	72.7%
$25	1 in 30.0	1 in 31.4	400,000	108,967	291,033	72.8%
$20	1 in 6.00	1 in 6.28	2,000,000	543,059	1,456,941	72.8%
All prizes	1 in 3.00	1 in 3.14	4,004,840	1,092,157	2,912,683	72.7%

How $5,000,000 Extreme Cash has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $5,000,000 Extreme Cash. 49 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: 3 $10,000 prizes were claimed; 156 remain.
October 24, 2026: 8 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,001 remain.
October 23, 2026: 12 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,009 remain.
October 22, 2026: 14 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,021 remain.
October 21, 2026: 13 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,035 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $100,000 prize was claimed; 8 remain.
October 20, 2026: 8 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,048 remain.
October 17, 2026: 5 $10,000 prizes were claimed; 159 remain.
October 17, 2026: 17 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,056 remain.
October 16, 2026: 7 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,073 remain.
October 15, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 164 remain.
October 15, 2026: 19 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,080 remain.

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

$5,000,000 Extreme Cash: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in $5,000,000 Extreme Cash?: 4 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,285,666.
What are the odds of winning anything on $5,000,000 Extreme Cash?: 1 in 3.14 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.00 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.14, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.28.
Is $5,000,000 Extreme Cash worth buying?: Its current payout is 76.9% ($15.38 back per $20 ticket), rank #13 of 55 in California. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 100X (#1696, $20) at 79.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $5,000,000 Extreme Cash tickets are left?: We estimate 9,142,666 of roughly 12,000,000 printed tickets are unsold (23.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $5,000,000 Extreme Cash launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on August 24, 2026. It is still on sale.

Other $20 California scratchers

100X — 79.6% payout, 1 in 3.05 any prize
2027 — 79.5% payout, 1 in 3.03 any prize
Golden State Riches — 79.1% payout, 1 in 2.89 any prize
Set for Life — 78.9% payout, 1 in 3.61 any prize
MONOPOLY — 78.6% payout, 1 in 3.49 any prize

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