Celebrate 40 Years of Play! with the Lottery's first $40 game! The Lottery is
celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2025 with special games available for a
limited time. $40**40 Years of Play! Scratchers ®** is loaded with $400
instant cash prizes, plus chances to find 10X, 20X, 40X and 50X prize
multipliers and a 40-prize win all. Fuel your California pride with this
special ticket golden design as you celebrate 40 years of scratching in style
with up to 40 chances to **WIN UP TO $15,000,000! **Feeling extra festive?
Pair this game with the companion $2**40 Years of Play! Scratchers ®** for
chances to win up to $40,000!
How to play 40 Years of Play! in California
Match any of "YOUR NUMBERS" to any of the 12 "WINNING NUMBERS," win that prize.
Uncover a "10X, 20X, 40X or 50X" symbol to automatically multiply and win that corresponding prize.
Uncover a "WIN" symbol, WIN ALL 40 PRIZES AUTOMATICALLY!
Analysis
40 Years of Play! has a score of 80, making it
a better than average scratchoff.
There are 12,724,930 tickets remaining. At $40 per ticket, it would cost $508,997,200 to buy all remaining
tickets. According to the latest reports from the California lottery website, there
are $408,395,020 in remaining prizes.
The value of the remaining prizes is below
the cost of the remaining tickets by $100,602,180. With 12,724,930 tickets remaining, that's an average of
-$7.91 per ticket.
An average of 65,847 tickets have been claimed each day between
2/16/2025 and 2/23/2025. The largest prize
claimed in that time period was $15,000,000.
The last grand prize of $15,000,000
was claimed on 2/19/2025. 129,485 tickets have been sold since the last grand prize was claimed. With
5 grand prizes in the game,
it's expected that there will be 1 grand prize sold every 3,040,782 tickets.
