How many $500,000 prizes are left in JAWS?

9 of 20 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,130,735.

What are the odds of winning anything on JAWS?

1 in 3.66 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.72 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.66, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 5.16.

Is JAWS worth buying?

Its current payout is 72.3% ($3.61 back per $5 ticket), rank #30 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 JAWS tickets are left?

We estimate 10,176,614 of roughly 23,400,000 printed tickets are unsold (57.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did JAWS launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on April 20, 2026. It is still on sale.

JAWS — $5 California Scratcher #1724

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:29 UTC · launched April 20, 2026

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JAWS (#1724) is a $5 California scratcher launched on April 20, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #30 of 55 active games on current payout (72.3%, $3.61 expected back per ticket) and #4 of 12 $5 games, #32 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.66) and #23 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,130,735). Since launch the payout has risen 1.4 points (70.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 1.6% (1 in 3.72 at launch). 9 of 20 top prizes of $500,000 remain, and we estimate 10,176,614 tickets are still unsold (57.4% sold). That is below average for California; the California ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout

72.3%

70.8% at launch

Expected value

$3.61

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.66

1 in 3.72 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.66

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.16

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 51,658

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

9 of 20

$500,000 each

Tickets remaining

42.6%

≈ 10,176,614 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 10, 2026, 15 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in JAWS, 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, 2,783,007 of 6,298,544 prizes (44.2%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$500,000	1 in 1,200,000	1 in 1,130,735	20	11	9	45.0%
$10,000	1 in 600,000	1 in 726,901	40	26	14	35.0%
$1,000	1 in 59,259	1 in 58,486	405	231	174	43.0%
$500	1 in 3,980	1 in 4,026	6,030	3,502	2,528	41.9%
$100	1 in 398.0	1 in 406.9	60,256	35,248	25,008	41.5%
$50	1 in 249.0	1 in 251.1	96,213	55,678	40,535	42.1%
$30	1 in 123.0	1 in 122.2	195,339	112,061	83,278	42.6%
$20	1 in 40.0	1 in 39.4	600,000	341,961	258,039	43.0%
$15	1 in 33.0	1 in 33.0	719,518	410,884	308,634	42.9%
$10	1 in 18.0	1 in 17.7	1,320,723	746,517	574,206	43.5%
$6	1 in 16.0	1 in 15.0	1,500,000	820,828	679,172	45.3%
$5	1 in 13.0	1 in 12.5	1,800,000	988,590	811,410	45.1%
All prizes	1 in 3.72	1 in 3.66	6,298,544	3,515,537	2,783,007	44.2%

How JAWS has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 14 remain.
October 24, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 174 remain.
October 23, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 175 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 176 remain.
October 21, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 177 remain.
October 20, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 179 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 15 remain.
October 17, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 181 remain.
October 16, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 183 remain.
October 15, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 184 remain.
October 10, 2026: one $500,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.
October 9, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 186 remain.

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

JAWS: common questions

How many $500,000 prizes are left in JAWS?: 9 of 20 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,130,735.
What are the odds of winning anything on JAWS?: 1 in 3.66 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.72 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.66, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 5.16.
Is JAWS worth buying?: Its current payout is 72.3% ($3.61 back per $5 ticket), rank #30 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 JAWS tickets are left?: We estimate 10,176,614 of roughly 23,400,000 printed tickets are unsold (57.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did JAWS launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on April 20, 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
LOTERIA™ Extra! — 70.7% payout, 1 in 3.51 any prize
Full of 500's — 70.6% payout, 1 in 4.36 any prize

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