How many $750,000 prizes are left in Joker's Wild Poker?

3 of 14 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 966,223.

What are the odds of winning anything on Joker's Wild Poker?

1 in 3.36 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.30 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.36, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 7.61.

Is Joker's Wild Poker worth buying?

Its current payout is 79.2% ($7.92 back per $10 ticket), rank #— of 55 in California. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Set For Life (#1748, $10) at 81.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Joker's Wild Poker tickets are left?

We estimate 2,898,669 of roughly 16,447,776 printed tickets are unsold (83.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Joker's Wild Poker launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on March 24, 2025. It has ended.

Joker's Wild Poker — $10 California Scratcher #1668

Final figures from October 7, 2026 · launched March 24, 2025 · ended

Joker's Wild Poker California scratcher ticket

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Joker's Wild Poker (#1668) was a $10 California scratcher launched on March 24, 2025. Its final figures, from October 7, 2026, were 79.2% payout ($7.92 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.36 for any prize and 1 in 966,223 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 0.7 points (78.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 2.0% (1 in 3.30 at launch). 3 of 14 top prizes of $750,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 83.0% of its tickets had sold. Joker's Wild Poker is no longer on sale in California; the figures below are final as of October 7, 2026 and prizes can be claimed until October 6, 2026.

Current payout

79.2%

78.5% at launch

Expected value

$7.92

per $10 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.36

1 in 3.30 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.36

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 7.61

win more than $10

$600+ odds

1 in 6,456

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

3 of 14

$750,000 each

Tickets remaining

17.0%

≈ 2,898,669 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Joker's Wild Poker, 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, 862,033 of 4,989,265 prizes (17.3%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$750,000	1 in 1,223,793	1 in 966,223	14	11	3	21.4%
$10,000	1 in 295,398	1 in 322,074	58	49	9	15.5%
$4,000	1 in 295,398	1 in 322,074	58	49	9	15.5%
$2,000	1 in 295,398	1 in 289,867	58	48	10	17.2%
$1,000	1 in 7,016	1 in 6,935	2,442	2,024	418	17.1%
$400	1 in 5,214	1 in 5,338	3,286	2,743	543	16.5%
$200	1 in 798.0	1 in 828.7	21,476	17,978	3,498	16.3%
$100	1 in 67.0	1 in 67.1	257,148	213,918	43,230	16.8%
$75	1 in 104.0	1 in 106.1	164,210	136,880	27,330	16.6%
$60	1 in 120.0	1 in 121.1	142,817	118,871	23,946	16.8%
$40	1 in 60.0	1 in 60.4	285,754	237,765	47,989	16.8%
$20	1 in 12.0	1 in 12.4	1,370,648	1,136,815	233,833	17.1%
$10	1 in 6.00	1 in 6.02	2,741,296	2,260,081	481,215	17.6%
All prizes	1 in 3.30	1 in 3.36	4,989,265	4,127,232	862,033	17.3%

How Joker's Wild Poker has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Joker's Wild Poker. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 1, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 418 remain.
September 27, 2025: 2 $4,000 prizes were claimed; 17 remain.
September 27, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 19 remain.
September 27, 2025: 8 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 699 remain.
September 26, 2025: 6 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 707 remain.
September 25, 2025: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 17 remain.
September 25, 2025: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 20 remain.
September 25, 2025: 5 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 713 remain.
September 24, 2025: one $4,000 prize was claimed; 19 remain.
September 24, 2025: 10 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 718 remain.
September 23, 2025: 10 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 728 remain.
September 20, 2025: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 18 remain.

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

Joker's Wild Poker: common questions

How many $750,000 prizes are left in Joker's Wild Poker?: 3 of 14 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 966,223.
What are the odds of winning anything on Joker's Wild Poker?: 1 in 3.36 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.30 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.36, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 7.61.
Is Joker's Wild Poker worth buying?: Its current payout is 79.2% ($7.92 back per $10 ticket), rank #— of 55 in California. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Set For Life (#1748, $10) at 81.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Joker's Wild Poker tickets are left?: We estimate 2,898,669 of roughly 16,447,776 printed tickets are unsold (83.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Joker's Wild Poker launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on March 24, 2025. It has ended.

Other $10 California scratchers

Set For Life — 81.6% payout, 1 in 3.87 any prize
Mystery Crossword — 75.6% payout, 1 in 3.55 any prize
California Jackpot — 74.6% payout, 1 in 3.35 any prize
$50 or $100 — 73.4% payout, 1 in 8.08 any prize
$1,000,000 Poker — 73.2% payout, 1 in 3.54 any prize

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