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Decent valueActive$10,000,000 CASH · $30 · New York Lottery
$10,000,000 CASH: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.04 on average.
▲ +0.7 pts vs launch#4 of 8 · $30 NY games
▲ +0.7 pts vs launch#4 of 8 · $30 NY games
$10,000,000 CASH is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 76.1%. 1 of the original 3 $500K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 18.3M printed tickets have been sold.
76.8%
expected return
1 in 3.65
odds of any win
1 of 3
$10M jackpots left
71%
claimed · 13M of 18.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,441,507 winning tickets still unclaimed.
27 win more than $30
$50 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 260 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.04 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$20.24 · 67.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $25K
$0.90 · 3.0% of price
Jackpots $10M+
$1.90 · 6.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.5%
Just 1 ticket out of 5.3M carry the $10M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
1,440,074 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2024.
18.3M
tickets printed
13M
tickets claimed · 71%
5.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
29%
33% of top prizes remain with only 29% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
New York Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $30 NY peers
#4 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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