What are the odds of winning Loose Change?

The overall odds of winning any prize on Loose Change are 1 in 4.

How much does a Loose Change ticket cost?

A Loose Change ticket costs $1.

What is the top prize for Loose Change?

The top prize for Loose Change is $500, with 42 prizes still remaining.

How many Loose Change tickets are left?

An estimated 3.3M tickets remain, approximately 38% of the total printed.

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Loose Change

Game #1949 · $1 ticket

Serious Score 26Overall odds: 1 in 4High Confidence

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About This Game

Loose Change is a $1 scratchers from the California Lottery with overall odds of 1 in 4.

Returning 57¢ per dollar, Loose Change falls in the middle of the pack for California scratchers at this price. The return has dropped -8¢ since launch as prizes have been claimed.

Only 42 of the original 140 top prizes of $500 remain — the biggest payouts are becoming scarce. Prizes are distributed across many tiers, giving players frequent smaller wins. Your odds of at least breaking even on this ticket are 1 in 10.

Loose Change is currently the #1 ranked $1 scratchers in California by Serious Score — the top pick at this price point.

Roughly 38% of printed tickets are still in circulation.

Key Metrics

Serious Score26

Current Rate57¢Original: 65¢ · Shift: -8¢

Overall RankN/Aall US games

Price Rank#1by rate, $1 games

Tickets Remaining (Estimated)

3.3Mof 8.7M printed

Win Probabilities

Top Prize$500

42 of 140 leftDistributed

P(Breakeven)1 in 10(9.9255%)

Any Prize

1 in 4

≥ $500

1 in 77,608