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White Elephant$1

White Elephant

Game #2696 · $1 ticket

Serious Score 20Overall odds: 1 in 4Medium Confidence
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Key Metrics

7d
Serious Score20
Current Rate52¢Original: 60¢ · Shift: -8¢
Overall RankN/Aall US games
Price Rank#3by rate, $1 games
Tickets Remaining (Estimated)
2.2Mof 9.1M printed

Win Probabilities

7d
Top Prize$500
8 of 58 leftDistributed
P(Breakeven)1 in 4(22.2717%)
Any Prize
1 in 4
≥ $500
1 in 275,050

About This Game

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

At 52¢ per dollar, White Elephant sits below average for California scratchers at the $1 price point. The return has dropped -8¢ since launch as prizes have been claimed.

Only 8 of the original 58 top prizes of $500 remain — the biggest payouts are becoming scarce. Prizes are distributed across many tiers, giving players frequent smaller wins. Notably, you have a 1 in 4 chance of at least breaking even — better than most games at this price.

Ranked #3 among $1 scratchers in California, this is one of the top picks at this price point.

Roughly 24% of printed tickets are still in circulation.