Best odds of winning a prize: 1 in 167 (Box). In California, every prize is pari-mutuel: that prize's winners split a share of the prize pool, so it pays a different amount every drawing.

• Straight

  Match all 3 digits in the exact order drawn.

  Varies1 in 1,00012.5 shares

• Box

  Match all 3 digits in any order.

  • 112One pair, like 112
    Varies1 in 3334 shares
  • 123All different, like 123
    Varies1 in 1672 shares

• Straight/Box

  Half Straight and half Box on the same number, for $1.

  Exact orderAny other order
  • 112One pair, like 112
    Exact orderVaries1 in 1,0008.25 shares: half the Straight prize and half the Box prize

    Any other orderVaries1 in 5002 shares: half the Box prize
  • 123All different, like 123
    Exact orderVaries1 in 1,0007.25 shares: half the Straight prize and half the Box prize

    Any other orderVaries1 in 2001 share: half the Box prize