3 holiday games on sale ยท Updated Nov 5, 2026

๐ŸŽ„ Holiday scratchers
in California, 2026

Every holiday and Christmas scratch-off the California Lottery has on sale right now โ€” what each ticket costs, its top prize, the odds printed on it, and how many top prizes it still has today. Prize counts come straight from the lottery and refresh every morning.

Game Price Top prize Top prizes left Est. tickets left
Polar Payout #1752 1 in 3.61 printed odds $10 $1,000,000 4 of 4 โ‰ˆ88%
Holiday Delight #1751 1 in 3.76 printed odds $5 $250,000 9 of 10 โ‰ˆ89%
Festive Wishes #1750 1 in 4.34 printed odds $1 $5,000 83 of 85 โ‰ˆ91%
๐Ÿ”’ Giving one? Pick the one that's still worth it. The app scores every California holiday game from the prizes actually left today, by our math, and says which to grab and which to skip. Get the app.

Tap any game for its full prize table. Holiday games usually go on sale in October or November and come off after the new year; this page follows what the lottery reports. Lottery tickets are for adults only.

Quick answers

Which holiday scratchers does California have this year?

As of Nov 5, 2026, California has 3 holiday-themed games on sale: Polar Payout ($10), Holiday Delight ($5) and Festive Wishes ($1). Each one links to its full prize table.

Which California holiday games still have every top prize?

Polar Payout. It has not had a single top prize claimed yet, as of Nov 5, 2026.

Are holiday scratch tickets a good gift?

They are a common one, for adults only: lottery tickets cannot be given to anyone under the legal age in your state. If you are picking one, the prize counts above tell you which games still have their big prizes and which have been picked over. The SmartScratcher app goes further and scores each game from what is left, by our math.

When do holiday scratchers come out and go away?

Most lotteries put holiday games on sale in October or November and stop selling them after the new year. This page lists a California game from the first morning it appears in the official data and drops it when the lottery stops reporting it.

How fresh is this data?

Prize counts come straight from official California lottery data, last refreshed on Nov 5, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.

These numbers tell you what's left.
The app tells you what's worth it.

Prize counts are just the start. SmartScratcher turns them into a ticket value, a 0โ€“100 score, and a straight answer for every game โ€” so you skip the picked-clean ones and play the good ones.

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