The current odds of winning any prize on Festive Wishes are 1 in 4.34 (23.04%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $5,000 top prize.

Not yet. All 85 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed, as of Oct 19, 2026. We estimate nearly all of the game's 20,418,649 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. Festive Wishes is on sale at California Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 3 $1 California scratchers on sale, Festive Wishes ranks #1 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4.34 tickets winning at least the $1 ticket price back or a free ticket. No other $1 California scratcher has better odds of breaking even right now.

Festive Wishes has 9 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $5,000 at 1 in 240,219 (85 of 85 left); $100+ at 1 in 7,805 (2,531 of 2,531 left); $40+ at 1 in 1,599 (10,151 of 10,151 left); $20+ at 1 in 253 (68,026 of 68,027 left); $10+ at 1 in 67.7 (220,901 of 220,901 left); $5+ at 1 in 28.8 (408,072 of 408,072 left); $4+ at 1 in 18 (425,053 of 425,054 left); $2+ at 1 in 8.18 (1,359,935 of 1,359,937 left); Free ticket at 1 in 4.34 (2,209,996 of 2,210,000 left).

The odds of winning at least your $1 back on one Festive Wishes ticket are 1 in 4.34 (23.04%), counting free-ticket prizes. The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 8.18 (12.22%).

Festive Wishes costs $1 per ticket. It is sold at authorized California Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — California scratchers and California scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The California Lottery lists them under "Scratchers" on its own site. "Scratchers" is simply what most players in California call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

Festive Wishes, a $1 California scratcher, was released on Oct 19, 2026 by the California Lottery.