Everything on this site is built on one honest premise: lottery outcomes are random and cannot be predicted. What you can do is understand the math, compare games on real numbers, and avoid the mistakes that cost players money. These guides cover exactly that.
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Do Lottery Number "Picks" Actually Work?
An honest look at hot numbers, cold numbers, the gambler's fallacy, and what statistical analysis can and cannot tell you.
California Scratcher Odds: How to Read Them
"1 in 4.5" does not mean what most players think. Learn how to read overall odds, top-prize odds, and prize-remaining percentages.
Prizes Remaining: How to Spot a "Hot" Scratcher
Every California scratcher publishes how many top prizes are left. Here is how to use that number — and where it misleadingly over-promises.
Choosing games
Powerball vs Mega Millions: Which Should You Play?
Odds, ticket prices, jackpot structures and rules side by side — plus which one is genuinely a better bet per dollar, and why.
Odds of Winning Powerball: Every Prize Tier Explained
All nine prize tiers with their real odds, from 1 in 292,201,338 for the jackpot to 1 in 24.87 for any prize — plus what Power Play actually changes.
California Daily 3: Odds, Prizes & How to Play
The simplest game in the state: $1 a play, two draws a day, and odds you can calculate. Straight is 1 in 1,000; a Box is 1 in 167.
California Scratchers: A Practical Buyer's Guide
How denominations work, how to compare games per dollar spent, where to buy, and when a game is about to be retired.
Arizona state data
Arizona Lottery: Games, Draw Days & Results
Every Arizona game on one page — draw days, ticket prices, jackpot odds, the latest draws and how winnings are taxed and claimed.
Arizona The Pick Past Winning Numbers
Draw history for Arizona's own jackpot game, with its odds, its ticket price and how the game works.
Arizona Pick 3 Past Winning Numbers
Midday and evening Pick 3 results in one table, plus the play types and what each one pays.
Arizona Fantasy 5 Past Winning Numbers
Arizona's daily Fantasy 5 draw history, refreshed after every draw.
California state data
California Lottery: Games, Draw Days & Results
Every California game on one page — draw days, ticket prices, jackpot odds, latest draws, and how winnings are taxed.
California Powerball Past Winning Numbers
The last 200 Powerball draws in one table, plus what a draw history can and cannot tell you.
California Mega Millions Past Winning Numbers
Full Mega Millions draw history with dates, numbers and the Mega Ball — refreshed after every draw.
If you win
What to Do If You Win the Lottery in California
Sign the ticket, know your claim deadline, where to claim by prize size, and the first phone calls to make before you spend a dollar.
Taxes on Lottery Winnings in California
Federal withholding rules, the California state-tax exemption, and what a $1 million or $1 billion prize actually nets after tax.
How we build our data
Our homepage is regenerated daily from public California Lottery data and public draw histories. Every scratch game we list comes with its published odds, its prize tiers, and the percentage of tickets and prizes still outstanding. We do not sell picks, we do not claim to predict draws, and we label every number with where it came from.
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