How many $250,000 prizes are left in Cash Crush?

5 of 14 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 860,876.

What are the odds of winning anything on Cash Crush?

1 in 4.34 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.41 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.34, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 4.34.

Is Cash Crush worth buying?

Its current payout is 69.8% ($3.49 back per $5 ticket), rank #39 of 55 in California. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is LOTERIA™ Extra! (#1688, $5) at 74.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Cash Crush tickets are left?

We estimate 4,304,379 of roughly 16,647,384 printed tickets are unsold (74.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Cash Crush launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on January 19, 2026. It is still on sale.

Cash Crush — $5 California Scratcher #1712

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:29 UTC · launched January 19, 2026

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Cash Crush (#1712) is a $5 California scratcher launched on January 19, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #39 of 55 active games on current payout (69.8%, $3.49 expected back per ticket) and #9 of 12 $5 games, #50 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.34) and #20 on top-prize odds (1 in 860,876). Since launch the payout has risen 2.2 points (67.6% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 1.6% (1 in 4.41 at launch). 5 of 14 top prizes of $250,000 remain, and we estimate 4,304,379 tickets are still unsold (74.8% sold). That is below average for California; the California ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout

69.8%

67.6% at launch

Expected value

$3.49

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.34

1 in 4.41 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.34

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 4.34

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 12,023

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

5 of 14

$250,000 each

Tickets remaining

25.2%

≈ 4,304,379 tickets

Lots sold, few top prizes claimed. 75% sold, only 9 of 14 top prizes claimed: better jackpot odds than on launch day (1 in 860,876, was 1 in 1.2 million). More California games like this. Last top prize claimed: October 17, 2026, 8 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Cash Crush, 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, 991,127 of 3,771,452 prizes (26.3%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$250,000	1 in 1,219,589	1 in 860,876	14	9	5	35.7%
$10,000	1 in 588,767	1 in 860,876	29	24	5	17.2%
$1,000	1 in 12,058	1 in 12,369	1,416	1,068	348	24.6%
$500	1 in 2,607	1 in 2,849	6,550	5,039	1,511	23.1%
$100	1 in 400.0	1 in 425.9	42,729	32,622	10,107	23.7%
$50	1 in 200.0	1 in 207.8	85,381	64,665	20,716	24.3%
$30	1 in 150.0	1 in 155.7	113,808	86,158	27,650	24.3%
$20	1 in 40.0	1 in 41.0	426,856	321,918	104,938	24.6%
$15	1 in 27.0	1 in 26.3	640,358	476,753	163,605	25.5%
$10	1 in 15.0	1 in 14.0	1,173,743	866,978	306,765	26.1%
$6	1 in 13.0	1 in 12.1	1,280,568	925,091	355,477	27.8%
All prizes	1 in 4.41	1 in 4.34	3,771,452	2,780,325	991,127	26.3%

How Cash Crush has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 348 remain.
October 23, 2026: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 349 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 353 remain.
October 20, 2026: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 354 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $250,000 prize was claimed; 5 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 357 remain.
October 15, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 358 remain.
October 14, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 360 remain.
October 13, 2026: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 362 remain.
October 10, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 365 remain.
October 9, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 367 remain.
October 6, 2026: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 368 remain.

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

Cash Crush: common questions

How many $250,000 prizes are left in Cash Crush?: 5 of 14 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 860,876.
What are the odds of winning anything on Cash Crush?: 1 in 4.34 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.41 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.34, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 4.34.
Is Cash Crush worth buying?: Its current payout is 69.8% ($3.49 back per $5 ticket), rank #39 of 55 in California. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is LOTERIA™ Extra! (#1688, $5) at 74.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Cash Crush tickets are left?: We estimate 4,304,379 of roughly 16,647,384 printed tickets are unsold (74.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Cash Crush launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on January 19, 2026. It is still on sale.

Other $5 California scratchers

LOTERIA™ Extra! — 74.8% payout, 1 in 2.98 any prize
Poker Nights — 72.7% payout, 1 in 3.30 any prize
California Dreamin' — 72.6% payout, 1 in 3.93 any prize
JAWS — 72.3% payout, 1 in 3.66 any prize
LOTERIA™ Extra! — 70.7% payout, 1 in 3.51 any prize

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