How many $1,200,000 prizes are left in Set for Life?

1 of 2 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 4,228,534.

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

1 in 4.32 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.44 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.32, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 7.96.

Is Set for Life worth buying?

Its current payout is 70.5% ($1.41 back per $2 ticket), rank #36 of 55 in California. The best $2 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Dominoes (#1723, $2) at 66.5%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Set for Life tickets are left?

We estimate 4,228,534 of roughly 12,000,000 printed tickets are unsold (64.8% 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 July 27, 2026. It is still on sale.

Set for Life — $2 California Scratcher #1736

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:29 UTC · launched July 27, 2026

Set for Life California scratcher ticket

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Set for Life (#1736) is a $2 California scratcher launched on July 27, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #36 of 55 active games on current payout (70.5%, $1.41 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 7 $2 games, #48 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.32) and #53 on top-prize odds (1 in 4,228,534). Since launch the payout has risen 3.3 points (67.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 2.7% (1 in 4.44 at launch). 1 of 2 top prizes of $1,200,000 remain, and we estimate 4,228,534 tickets are still unsold (64.8% sold). That is below average for California; the California ranking lists show better payouts, including at $2.

Current payout

70.5%

67.1% at launch

Expected value

$1.41

per $2 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.32

1 in 4.44 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.32

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 7.96

win more than $2

$600+ odds

1 in 100,679

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

1 of 2

$1,200,000 each

Tickets remaining

35.2%

≈ 4,228,534 tickets

Last top prize claimed: September 30, 2026, 25 days ago.

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, 979,034 of 2,704,053 prizes (36.2%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$1,200,000	1 in 6,000,000	1 in 4,228,534	2	1	1	50.0%
$3,000	1 in 571,429	1 in 528,567	21	13	8	38.1%
$1,000	1 in 120,000	1 in 128,137	100	67	33	33.0%
$200	1 in 21,390	1 in 22,612	561	374	187	33.3%
$100	1 in 7,937	1 in 8,630	1,512	1,022	490	32.4%
$75	1 in 5,911	1 in 6,809	2,030	1,409	621	30.6%
$40	1 in 750.0	1 in 841.7	15,996	10,972	5,024	31.4%
$25	1 in 274.0	1 in 291.0	43,831	29,301	14,530	33.2%
$20	1 in 100.0	1 in 107.2	120,000	80,554	39,446	32.9%
$10	1 in 50.0	1 in 51.9	240,000	158,557	81,443	33.9%
$5	1 in 25.0	1 in 24.9	480,000	310,089	169,911	35.4%
$3	1 in 20.0	1 in 19.3	600,000	380,743	219,257	36.5%
$2	1 in 10.0	1 in 9.44	1,200,000	751,917	448,083	37.3%
All prizes	1 in 4.44	1 in 4.32	2,704,053	1,725,019	979,034	36.2%

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 22, 2026: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 33 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 36 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 37 remain.
October 16, 2026: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 8 remain.
October 15, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 38 remain.
October 10, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 39 remain.
October 8, 2026: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.
October 8, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 41 remain.
October 6, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 42 remain.
October 2, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 44 remain.
October 1, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 45 remain.
September 30, 2026: one $1,200,000 prize was claimed; 1 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 $1,200,000 prizes are left in Set for Life?: 1 of 2 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 4,228,534.
What are the odds of winning anything on Set for Life?: 1 in 4.32 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.44 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.32, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 7.96.
Is Set for Life worth buying?: Its current payout is 70.5% ($1.41 back per $2 ticket), rank #36 of 55 in California. The best $2 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Dominoes (#1723, $2) at 66.5%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Set for Life tickets are left?: We estimate 4,228,534 of roughly 12,000,000 printed tickets are unsold (64.8% 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 July 27, 2026. It is still on sale.

Other $2 California scratchers

Dominoes — 66.5% payout, 1 in 4.02 any prize
Boo Bucks — 66.3% payout, 1 in 4.02 any prize
MONOPOLY — 66.2% payout, 1 in 4.02 any prize
Planetary Payout — 65.9% payout, 1 in 4.05 any prize
Ca$h Doubler — 65.4% payout, 1 in 4.15 any prize

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