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

2 of 6 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 3,721,955.

What are the odds of winning anything on Cash King?

1 in 2.99 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.00 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.99, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.97.

Is Cash King worth buying?

Its current payout is 75.9% ($15.19 back per $20 ticket), rank #17 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 Cash King tickets are left?

We estimate 7,443,911 of roughly 18,324,750 printed tickets are unsold (59.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

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

It launched on February 17, 2025. It is still on sale.

Cash King — $20 California Scratcher #1664

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:29 UTC · launched February 17, 2025

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Cash King (#1664) is a $20 California scratcher launched on February 17, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #17 of 55 active games on current payout (75.9%, $15.19 expected back per ticket) and #11 of 13 $20 games, #8 on any-prize odds (1 in 2.99) and #52 on top-prize odds (1 in 3,721,955). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.3 points (77.2% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 0.3% (1 in 3.00 at launch). 2 of 6 top prizes of $5,000,000 remain, and we estimate 7,443,911 tickets are still unsold (59.4% 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

75.9%

77.2% at launch

Expected value

$15.19

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 2.99

1 in 3.00 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 2.99

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.97

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 4,251

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 6

$5,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

40.6%

≈ 7,443,911 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Cash King, 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, 2,492,018 of 6,116,008 prizes (40.7%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$5,000,000	1 in 3,054,125	1 in 3,721,955	6	4	2	33.3%
$100,000	1 in 1,221,650	1 in 1,063,416	15	8	7	46.7%
$10,000	1 in 58,359	1 in 57,705	314	185	129	41.1%
$1,000	1 in 4,653	1 in 4,615	3,938	2,325	1,613	41.0%
$500	1 in 461.0	1 in 463.3	39,732	23,666	16,066	40.4%
$250	1 in 158.0	1 in 157.9	116,106	68,972	47,134	40.6%
$100	1 in 40.0	1 in 40.0	458,472	272,223	186,249	40.6%
$50	1 in 30.0	1 in 29.9	610,825	361,647	249,178	40.8%
$40	1 in 30.0	1 in 30.0	610,825	362,436	248,389	40.7%
$30	1 in 30.0	1 in 29.9	610,825	362,041	248,784	40.7%
$25	1 in 30.0	1 in 29.9	610,825	361,965	248,860	40.7%
$20	1 in 6.00	1 in 5.98	3,054,125	1,808,518	1,245,607	40.8%
All prizes	1 in 3.00	1 in 2.99	6,116,008	3,623,990	2,492,018	40.7%

How Cash King has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 21, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 129 remain.
October 21, 2026: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 1,613 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 1,616 remain.
October 16, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 1,617 remain.
October 15, 2026: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 1,618 remain.
October 14, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 1,621 remain.
October 13, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 1,623 remain.
October 9, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 1,624 remain.
October 7, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 130 remain.
October 7, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 1,625 remain.
October 6, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 1,626 remain.
October 3, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 1,628 remain.

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

Cash King: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in Cash King?: 2 of 6 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 3,721,955.
What are the odds of winning anything on Cash King?: 1 in 2.99 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.00 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.99, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.97.
Is Cash King worth buying?: Its current payout is 75.9% ($15.19 back per $20 ticket), rank #17 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 Cash King tickets are left?: We estimate 7,443,911 of roughly 18,324,750 printed tickets are unsold (59.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Cash King launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on February 17, 2025. 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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