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Decent valueActive$300,000,000 CASH PAYOUT · $20 · New York Lottery
$300,000,000 CASH PAYOUT: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.32 on average.
▲ +4.0 pts vs launch#2 of 12 · $20 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM
▲ +4.0 pts vs launch#2 of 12 · $20 NY gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM
$300,000,000 CASH PAYOUT is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.6%, up 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 72.6%. 1 of the original 4 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 88% of the 20.7M printed tickets have been sold.
76.6%
expected return
1 in 3.55
odds of any win
1 of 4
$5M jackpots left
88%
claimed · 18.4M of 20.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 681,293 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $20
$30 – $400, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 388 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.32 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.55 · 62.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.70 · 3.5% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$2.07 · 10.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
66.3%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.4M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
680,855 winning tickets remain in this range: 82% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
88% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2022.
20.7M
tickets printed
18.4M
tickets claimed · 88%
2.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
12%
25% of top prizes remain with only 12% 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
#2 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:30 AM.
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