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Exceptional valueActive$1,000,000 GOLD · $5 · New York Lottery
$1,000,000 GOLD: Exceptional value. A $5 ticket pays back $7.23 on average.
▲ +75.2 pts vs launch#1 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
▲ +75.2 pts vs launch#1 of 15 · $5 NY gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM
$1,000,000 GOLD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 144.6%, up 75.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.4%. 2 of the original 4 $50K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
144.6%
expected return
1 in 4.44
odds of any win
2 of 4
$1M jackpots left
93%
claimed · 5.6M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 93,169 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 18,044 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.23 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.41 · 48.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.00 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$4.82 · 96.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
48.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 415k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$1M+ wins
2 winning tickets remain in this range: 67% of total value.
Claim progress
93% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
6M
tickets printed
5.6M
tickets claimed · 93%
415k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
7%
50% of top prizes remain with only 7% 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 $5 NY peers
#1 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 6:31 PM.
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