How do you pick your CA Lottery scratchers? Do you go for the flashy new games or wait for a certain ticket to call out to you?

However you pick, chances are you are wasting your money. Sorry. It’s not your fault. No one told you there was a better way to pick your games.

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What if you knew which scratchers had the best odds of winning?

Wouldn’t that be awesome? You wouldn’t be guessing which game to play. You’d have an advantage. Your very own lotto edge.

Keep reading because your luck is about to change.

California Lottery Scratcher Odds

CA Lottery scratchers vary from one game to the next. Not just those catchy names or ticket price either.

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Each scratcher has its own odds of winning. Those odds vary from game to game and even between similar prizes. No two games are the same.

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Knowing these odds can give you an advantage!

Wouldn’t you want to buy scratchers that give you the best chance of winning? Let the sucker behind you in line waste his money.

About Overall Odds

The simplest way to compare CA Lotto scratcher odds is using the “overall odds”.

The overall odds of winning are the odds of winning ANY prize in a scratch off game.

The overall odds remain the same throughout the life of a game and are typically printed on the back of a scratch off ticket.

If you want to know the best chances to win anything on your scratcher, the overall odds are the way to go.

The overall odds are available from the California Lottery website. If you have some spare time, you can collect the overall odds for each game yourself. Create your own ranked list.

Just make sure to update your list as new games come out. Let’s be real though. Nobody has time for that.

Good news coming -- We do all that hard work for you! At least for the top 10 best games.

Keep scrolling for the Top 10 List of CA Lotto scratchers with best overall odds of winning this month.

Note: The Odds Edge compares a game’s overall odds to the #1 ranked game.

1. Oklahoma

You don't have to miss out on the latest Oklahoma Lottery numbers - just use this page to look up the latest winning numbers from your favorite games.

Current lottery games include: Powerball - Mega Millions - Lotto America - Lucky for Life - Oklahoma Cash 5 - Oklahoma Pick 3.

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Tickets

Only multi-state games Powerball, Lotto America and Mega Millions are currently available to play outside of the United States. Visit our lottery tickets page for more information.

Oklahoma Lottery Drawing Schedule

There are six different draw games on offer in OK each week, find out which one is being played next and how late you can buy your tickets.

Game Information

Oklahoma Lottery players aren't limited to just Powerball, Lotto America and Mega Millions - they can take their pick of a number of in-state games as well.

Oklahoma Cash 5 offers a top prize of $25,000 every day of the week, and best of all, the taxes have already been paid for you! Tickets cost $1 per play and all you have to do is pick five numbers from 1 to 36 or have them randomly generated for you using the Easy Pick option. If you match all five main numbers drawn, you'll win the top prize! Here's how it works:

Other Oklahoma Lottery games include Pick 3.

Scratchers offer instant fun to Oklahoma Lottery players who don't want to wait for a drawing to take place. These games are on sale at authorized retailers and cost between $1 and $5. All you have to do after that is scratch off the coating to see if you've won big!

Claiming Prizes

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, there have been some changes in the way you claim prizes in Oklahoma. You can find updates on our dedicated Coronavirus Lottery Updates page.

Prizes won in draw games expire 180 days after the date of the drawing and scratchers prizes expire 90 days after the announced date of closure for the game.

All winning tickets of any amount may be claimed by mailing to the Lottery's headquarters in Oklahoma City.

Prizes worth $600 or less can also be claimed right away from an authorized retailer.

Prizes worth between $601 and $5,000 can be redeemed by mail, at the Oklahoma Lottery Headquarters or at an authorized lottery claim center in:

• Ardmore
• Bartlesville
• Elk City
• Guymon
• Lawton
• Muskogee
• Norman
• Oklahoma City
• Pauls Valley
• Perry
• Yukon

Prizes worth more than $5,000 may be claimed at the Lottery Headquarters and will be subject to a federal withholding tax of 25 percent, as well as an Oklahoma state tax of four percent. Cash 5's top prize of $25,000 is the net amount after tax so winners will receive the advertised jackpot.

Claim a prize by mail

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Prizes of an value may be claimed via mail. For prizes up to $600, sign and complete the back of the ticket.

For prizes over $600, send the following:

1. Original completed and signed ticket
2. Completed claim form
3. Copy of your government-issued photo ID
4. Copy of your Social Security card or official tax document with your SSN

Mail to:

Oklahoma Lottery Headquarters
P.O. Box 548810
Oklahoma City, OK 73154-8810

History of the Oklahoma Lottery

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The Oklahoma Lottery was established in November 2004 in order to support educational initiatives in the state from kindergarten to college. Powerball tickets went on sale for the first time in January 2006 and the Oklahoma Lottery joined Mega Millions in January 2010.

Over $652 million has been raised for education since 2004 thanks to Oklahoma residents buying tickets for the chance to fund dreams of their own. Out of the money allocated to education, 45 percent is given to K-12 programs, 39.5 percent is distributed to higher education programs such as grants and scholarships, 5 percent is dedicated to funding teachers' retirement funds, another 5 percent is given to the School Consolidation and Assistance Fund and 5.5 percent helps cover the cost of educational equipment upgrades and scholarships through the CareerTech program.

The state joined the popular Lucky for Life game in February 2018.

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Rules

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All Oklahoma Lottery players must be at least 18 years old.