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Weak valueActive$2,000,000 100X CASHWORD · $20 · New York Lottery
$2,000,000 100X CASHWORD: Weak value. A $20 ticket pays back $13.31 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#12 of 13 · $20 NY games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#12 of 13 · $20 NY games
$2,000,000 100X CASHWORD is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.5%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 66.8%. 3 of the original 4 $100K Annual Installments top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 19% of the 18.2M printed tickets have been sold.
66.5%
expected return
1 in 3.82
odds of any win
3 of 4
$2M jackpots left
19%
claimed · 3.4M of 18.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,854,913 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 286 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $13.31 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.36 · 61.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.54 · 2.7% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$0.41 · 2.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.5%
Just 3 tickets out of 14.7M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
3,852,245 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
19% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
18.2M
tickets printed
3.4M
tickets claimed · 19%
14.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
81%
75% of top prizes remain with 81% 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 $20 NY peers
#12 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data.
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