How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in Set for Life?

5 of 6 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,696,493.

What are the odds of winning anything on Set for Life?

1 in 3.61 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.32 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.61, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.43.

Is Set for Life worth buying?

Its current payout is 78.9% ($15.78 back per $20 ticket), rank #8 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 Set for Life tickets are left?

We estimate 8,482,465 of roughly 18,016,710 printed tickets are unsold (52.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Set for Life launch and is it still on sale?

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

Set for Life — $20 California Scratcher #1705

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

Set for Life California scratcher ticket

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Set for Life (#1705) is a $20 California scratcher launched on November 17, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #8 of 55 active games on current payout (78.9%, $15.78 expected back per ticket) and #4 of 13 $20 games, #28 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.61) and #35 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,696,493). Since launch the payout has risen 0.4 points (78.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 8.2% (1 in 3.32 at launch). 5 of 6 top prizes of $5,000,000 remain, and we estimate 8,482,465 tickets are still unsold (52.9% 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

78.9%

78.5% at launch

Expected value

$15.78

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.61

1 in 3.32 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.61

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.43

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 4,301

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

5 of 6

$5,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

47.1%

≈ 8,482,465 tickets

Lots sold, few top prizes claimed. 53% sold, only 1 of 6 top prizes claimed: better jackpot odds than on launch day (1 in 1.7 million, was 1 in 3.0 million). More California games like this.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Set for Life, 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, 2,348,310 of 5,434,879 prizes (43.2%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$5,000,000	1 in 3,002,785	1 in 1,696,493	6	1	5	83.3%
$2,500	1 in 4,001	1 in 4,312	4,503	2,536	1,967	43.7%
$500	1 in 250.0	1 in 275.4	72,202	41,406	30,796	42.7%
$250	1 in 355.0	1 in 391.0	50,691	28,996	21,695	42.8%
$100	1 in 89.0	1 in 97.7	202,623	115,793	86,830	42.9%
$75	1 in 60.0	1 in 66.2	300,398	172,201	128,197	42.7%
$50	1 in 30.0	1 in 32.9	600,501	343,007	257,494	42.9%
$40	1 in 15.0	1 in 16.4	1,201,226	683,461	517,765	43.1%
$30	1 in 15.0	1 in 16.4	1,201,058	682,371	518,687	43.2%
$20	1 in 10.0	1 in 10.8	1,801,671	1,016,797	784,874	43.6%
All prizes	1 in 3.32	1 in 3.61	5,434,879	3,086,569	2,348,310	43.2%

How Set for Life has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: 7 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,967 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,974 remain.
October 21, 2026: 3 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,975 remain.
October 20, 2026: 2 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,978 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,980 remain.
October 16, 2026: one $2,500 prize was claimed; 1,981 remain.
October 15, 2026: 5 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,982 remain.
October 14, 2026: 6 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,987 remain.
October 13, 2026: 3 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,993 remain.
October 10, 2026: 3 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,996 remain.
October 9, 2026: 3 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 1,999 remain.
October 8, 2026: 3 $2,500 prizes were claimed; 2,002 remain.

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

Set for Life: common questions

How many $5,000,000 prizes are left in Set for Life?: 5 of 6 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,696,493.
What are the odds of winning anything on Set for Life?: 1 in 3.61 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.32 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.61, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.43.
Is Set for Life worth buying?: Its current payout is 78.9% ($15.78 back per $20 ticket), rank #8 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 Set for Life tickets are left?: We estimate 8,482,465 of roughly 18,016,710 printed tickets are unsold (52.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Set for Life launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on November 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
MONOPOLY — 78.6% payout, 1 in 3.49 any prize
Show Me $5,000,000! — 78.5% payout, 1 in 3.33 any prize

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