Sherlock Holmes (California)

Official website for Game

Single Ticket:
Cost: $2
Chances of at least breaking even:
17.7% (~5.7 to 1)


Note: While technically the the free ticket is a breakeven prize as they are both worth the same amount, they are not equal as you can not exchange the free ticket for a cash amount and walk away break-even. You are forced to continue playing the free ticket (and possibly again and again...) until you either lose or win a prize. More likely than not you will lose. This drops your chances of at least breaking even from the stated amount on the website to the odds calculated above.


Optimal Chances:
Buying 3 ticket(s)
Cost: $6
Chances of at least breaking even:
21.6% (~4.6 to 1)


Median Prizes
(half the time prizes will be less than this amount, half the time it will be more)
10 tickets ($20): $9
100 tickets ($200): $99
1,000 tickets ($2,000): $1033


**Since only a finite number of scratch tickets were printed, overall odds used and number of winners may vary based on manufacturer's omissions, unsold tickets, reorders and unclaimed prizes.


GRAPHS:
(up to 10 tickets, 100 and 1,000)
(click to see enlarged)