United States (California)
Every figure on this page is calculated from the game's published rules. The operator's own odds page is linked below as verification — but the working is here, on this page.
A standard entry picks 5 numbers from 39. The number of possible combinations is:
C(39, 5) = 575,757
| Division | Match | Winning combinations | Derived odds | Probability | Prize | Operator says |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 5 of 5 | 5 main | 1 | 1 in 575,757 | 1.737e-6 | Top-prize pool share (starts around $60,000–$80,000 and grows until won) | 1 in 575,757 |
| Match 4 of 5 | 4 main | 170 | 1 in 3,387 | 0.0295% | Pool share | 1 in 3,387 |
| Match 3 of 5 | 3 main | 5,610 | 1 in 103 | 0.9744% | Pool share | 1 in 103 |
| Match 2 of 5 | 2 main | 59,840 | 1 in 9.62 | 10.39% | Free Fantasy 5 play | — |
"Winning combinations" counts how many of the possible outcomes land in that division. "Operator says" is the operator's published figure — shown so you can check us against them (small differences are their rounding).
Odds of winning any prize
1 in 8.77
Sum of all division probabilities — usually the number the ads quote.
Odds of the top prize
1 in 575,757
One standard game. Two games doubles it — and it's still tiny.
How long are these odds? Winning the top prize is about as likely as calling 19.1 coin flips in a row correctly (219.1 ≈ 575,757). If you bought one line every draw, at two draws a week you would expect one top-prize win roughly every 5,536 years.
Last verified: 2026-08-29