How many $75,000 prizes are left in Poker Nights?

3 of 40 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,100,718.

What are the odds of winning anything on Poker Nights?

1 in 3.30 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.49 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.30, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 4.98.

Is Poker Nights worth buying?

Its current payout is 72.7% ($3.63 back per $5 ticket), rank #27 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 Poker Nights tickets are left?

We estimate 6,302,153 of roughly 46,298,560 printed tickets are unsold (86.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Poker Nights launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on September 22, 2025. It is still on sale.

Poker Nights — $5 California Scratcher #1694

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:29 UTC · launched September 22, 2025

Poker Nights California scratcher ticket

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Poker Nights (#1694) is a $5 California scratcher launched on September 22, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #27 of 55 active games on current payout (72.7%, $3.63 expected back per ticket) and #2 of 12 $5 games, #17 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.30) and #38 on top-prize odds (1 in 2,100,718). Since launch the payout has risen 2.6 points (70.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 5.6% (1 in 3.49 at launch). 3 of 40 top prizes of $75,000 remain, and we estimate 6,302,153 tickets are still unsold (86.9% 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

72.7%

70.1% at launch

Expected value

$3.63

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.30

1 in 3.49 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.30

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 4.98

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 16,159

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

3 of 40

$75,000 each

Tickets remaining

13.1%

≈ 6,302,153 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 17, 2026, 8 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Poker Nights, 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, 1,908,500 of 13,271,002 prizes (14.4%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$75,000	1 in 1,202,560	1 in 2,100,718	40	37	3	7.5%
$5,000	1 in 118,479	1 in 106,816	406	347	59	14.5%
$1,000	1 in 20,051	1 in 19,214	2,399	2,071	328	13.7%
$500	1 in 2,999	1 in 3,215	16,040	14,080	1,960	12.2%
$100	1 in 334.0	1 in 345.2	144,228	125,971	18,257	12.7%
$50	1 in 100.0	1 in 100.0	481,008	417,971	63,037	13.1%
$20	1 in 40.0	1 in 39.3	1,202,618	1,042,062	160,556	13.4%
$15	1 in 27.0	1 in 25.7	1,803,722	1,558,121	245,601	13.6%
$10	1 in 20.0	1 in 19.0	2,405,181	2,073,387	331,794	13.8%
$6	1 in 16.0	1 in 14.2	3,006,400	2,561,574	444,826	14.8%
$5	1 in 11.0	1 in 9.82	4,208,960	3,566,881	642,079	15.3%
All prizes	1 in 3.49	1 in 3.30	13,271,002	11,362,502	1,908,500	14.4%

How Poker Nights has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Poker Nights. 55 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 328 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 329 remain.
October 21, 2026: 2 $5,000 prizes were claimed; 59 remain.
October 21, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 330 remain.
October 20, 2026: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 332 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $75,000 prize was claimed; 3 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 336 remain.
October 16, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 61 remain.
October 16, 2026: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 337 remain.
October 15, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 340 remain.
October 14, 2026: 5 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 341 remain.
October 13, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 62 remain.

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

Poker Nights: common questions

How many $75,000 prizes are left in Poker Nights?: 3 of 40 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,100,718.
What are the odds of winning anything on Poker Nights?: 1 in 3.30 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.49 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.30, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 4.98.
Is Poker Nights worth buying?: Its current payout is 72.7% ($3.63 back per $5 ticket), rank #27 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 Poker Nights tickets are left?: We estimate 6,302,153 of roughly 46,298,560 printed tickets are unsold (86.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Poker Nights launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on September 22, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $5 California scratchers

LOTERIA™ Extra! — 74.8% payout, 1 in 2.98 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
Full of 500's — 70.6% payout, 1 in 4.36 any prize

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