How many $250,000 prizes are left in Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?

2 of 15 as of September 12, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,358,445.

What are the odds of winning anything on Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?

1 in 4.32 today, compared with 1 in 4.65 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 6.81, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.90.

Is Winner Winner Chicken Dinner worth buying?

Its current payout is 72.2% ($3.61 back per $5 ticket), rank #29 of 54 in California. The best $5 alternative today is LOTERIA™ Extra! (#1688, $5) at 75.0%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Winner Winner Chicken Dinner tickets are left?

We estimate 4,716,891 of roughly 17,962,230 printed tickets are unsold (75.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Winner Winner Chicken Dinner launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on July 22, 2024. It is still on sale.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner — $5 California Scratcher #1632

Data captured September 12, 2026 · launched July 22, 2024

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner California scratcher ticket

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner (#1632) is a $5 California scratcher launched on July 22, 2024. As of September 12, 2026 it ranks #29 of 54 active games on current payout (72.2%, $3.61 expected back per ticket) and #3 of 11 $5 games, #47 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.32) and #41 on top-prize odds (1 in 2,358,445). Since launch the payout has risen 2.6 points (69.6% at launch) and the any-prize odds have improved 7.1% (1 in 4.65 at launch). 2 of 15 top prizes of $250,000 remain, and we estimate 4,716,891 tickets are still unsold (75.9% sold). That is below average for California; the California ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout

72.2%

69.6% at launch

Expected value

$3.61

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.32

1 in 4.65 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 6.81

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.90

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 12,188

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 15

$250,000 each

Tickets remaining

24.1%

≈ 4,716,891 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Winner Winner Chicken Dinner, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 1,092,145 of 3,864,974 prizes (28.3%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$250,000	1 in 1,228,187	1 in 2,358,445	15	13	2	13.3%
$10,000	1 in 594,284	1 in 673,842	31	24	7	22.6%
$1,000	1 in 13,321	1 in 12,479	1,383	1,005	378	27.3%
$500	1 in 3,006	1 in 2,866	6,129	4,483	1,646	26.9%
$100	1 in 400.0	1 in 386.9	46,036	33,843	12,193	26.5%
$50	1 in 91.0	1 in 85.1	203,517	148,112	55,405	27.2%
$30	1 in 92.0	1 in 88.3	199,636	146,189	53,447	26.8%
$20	1 in 40.0	1 in 37.5	460,646	334,834	125,812	27.3%
$15	1 in 33.0	1 in 31.0	552,514	400,338	152,176	27.5%
$10	1 in 18.0	1 in 16.7	1,013,357	731,011	282,346	27.9%
Ticketfree ticket	1 in 13.0	1 in 11.5	1,381,710	972,977	408,733	29.6%
All prizes	1 in 4.65	1 in 4.32	3,864,974	2,772,829	1,092,145	28.3%

How Winner Winner Chicken Dinner has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 12, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 378 remain.
September 24, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 431 remain.
September 18, 2025: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.
September 17, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 432 remain.
September 3, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 434 remain.
August 8, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 435 remain.
August 2, 2025: one $250,000 prize was claimed; 2 remain.
July 29, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 436 remain.
July 26, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 437 remain.
July 22, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 438 remain.
July 8, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 439 remain.
June 25, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 440 remain.

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

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: common questions

How many $250,000 prizes are left in Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?: 2 of 15 as of September 12, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,358,445.
What are the odds of winning anything on Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?: 1 in 4.32 today, compared with 1 in 4.65 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 6.81, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.90.
Is Winner Winner Chicken Dinner worth buying?: Its current payout is 72.2% ($3.61 back per $5 ticket), rank #29 of 54 in California. The best $5 alternative today is LOTERIA™ Extra! (#1688, $5) at 75.0%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Winner Winner Chicken Dinner tickets are left?: We estimate 4,716,891 of roughly 17,962,230 printed tickets are unsold (75.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Winner Winner Chicken Dinner launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on July 22, 2024. It is still on sale.

Other $5 California scratchers

LOTERIA™ Extra! — 75.0% payout, 1 in 2.98 any prize
California Dreamin' — 72.5% payout, 1 in 3.93 any prize
JAWS — 71.9% payout, 1 in 3.76 any prize
Poker Nights — 71.8% payout, 1 in 3.37 any prize
LOTERIA™ Extra! — 71.3% payout, 1 in 3.49 any prize

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